Protesilaus

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Πρωτεσίλαος, ὁ, or Πρωτεσίλεως, -ω, ὁ (Thuc. 8, 102), or say, son of Iphiclus.

Prōtĕsĭlāus: i, m., = Πρωτεσίλαος,
I a son of Iphiclus, a native of Phylace in Thessaly, the husband of Laodamia, and the leader of the Thessalians against Troy, where he was the first man killed, Ov. M. 12, 68; Prop. 1, 19, 7; Mel. 2, 2; Hyg. Fab. 103 sq.—Hence,
II Prōtĕsĭlāēus, a, um, adj., Protesilœan: domus, Cat. 68, 74.