Protesilaus
Died c. 1194 BCE
The first Greek killed at Troy, struck down as he leapt ashore in the Iliad.
Protesilaus is a Greek warrior from legend and epic tradition.
This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.
- Known as
- Greek warrior
- Category
- Legends & Epics
- Died
- c. 1194 BCE
From the same age of legend
- Arete Born c. 1225 BCE, queen of the Phaeacians
- Eumaeus Born c. 1225 BCE, swineherd
- Philoetius Born c. 1225 BCE, cowherd
- Aeneas Born c. 1220 BCE, Trojan hero
- Anticlea Died c. 1190 BCE, mother of Odysseus
- Diomedes Born c. 1220 BCE, Greek hero
Portrait: UnknownUnknown / Photography: CNG coins, CC BY-SA 3.0.
