Protesilaus

First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

In The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae, Protesilaus is named among the suitors of Helen, described as “Actor’s noble son, overbearing Protesilaus.” In The Cypria, his wife is identified as Polydora, daughter of Meleager, son of Oeneus; the poem says Protesilaus was the first of the Hellenes to dare to land on the Trojan shore.

Relationship record

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

• admired: Helen “From Phylace two men of exceeding worth sought her to wife, Podarces son of Iphiclus, Phylacus’ son, and Actor’s noble son, overbearing Protesilaus.”

The Cypria · Part 2

• married with Polydora “The poet of the Cypria says that the wife of Protesilaus—who, when the Hellenes reached the Trojan shore, first dared to land—was called Polydora, and was the daughter of Meleager, the son of Oeneus.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.