Πρωτεσίλαος

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English (LSJ)

[ῐ], ὁ, Dor. -λας, α, Pi.I.1.58; Ion. and Att. Πρωτεσι-λέως, εω:—

   A First of the people, name of the hero who first leaped ashore at Troy, Il.2.698 (so understood by Hom., ib.702, but the name may be a corruption of Πορθεσίλαος, cf. Cret. Πορθεσίλας and Πορτεσίλας) :—Πρωτεσιλάειον, τό, his monument, Str.13.1.31: Πρωτεσιλάεια, τά, his festival, Sch.Pi.I.1.11.