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Headword:
*prwtesi/laos
Adler number: pi,2961
Translated headword: Protesilaos
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proper name. Also [sc. spelled] *prwtesi/lews.[1]
Greek Original:*prwtesi/laos: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ *prwtesi/lews.
Notes:
Leader of the Thessalian contingent at
Troy, first to embark and first to die (
Homer,
Iliad 2.698 etc.); see generally OCD4 s.v.
[1] For this version of the name see e.g.
Herodotus 9.116-120, at 120.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; geography; historiography; military affairs; mythology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 March 2004@05:46:07.
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