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.
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Πρωτεσί-λα_ος [ι^], ὁ, Dor. Πρωτέσι-λας , α, Pi.I.1.58; Ion. and Att. Πρωτεσι-λέως , εω:—