Information AboutProtesilaus |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT PROTESILAUS | |
| greek mythology | |
| people of the trojan war | |
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An Oracle had prophesied that the first Greek to walk on the land after stepping off a ship in the Trojan War would be the first to die. Protesilaus, with knowledge of the prophecy, fulfilled this after killing several Trojans . His wife, Laodamia , followed him to his death. Alternatively, Hector , or according to other accounts Euphorbus , Aeneas , or Cycnus killed Protesilaus and Laodamia killed herself in grief. After Protesilaus' death, his brother, Podarces , joined the war in his place. Ovid XII, 68, also referred to in Catullus poem 68(b) |
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