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	Protesilaus and Laodamia
		The Trojans opposed their landing, and at the first onset one of the noblest of the Greeks, Protesilaus, fell by the hand of Hector.
		It is said that the nymphs planted elm trees round his grave, which flourished till they were high enough to command a view of Troy, then withered away, giving place to fresh branches that sprang from the roots.
		The oracle, according to the tradition, had declared that victory should be the lot of that party from which should fall the first victim in the war.
	www.2020site.org /trojanwar/protesilaus.html (476 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Protesilaus
		Protesilaus, in Greek mythology, king of Phylace in Thessaly (Thessalia), who was killed in the Trojan War.
		Laodamia, in Greek mythology, wife of the Thessalian commander Protesilaus, the first Greek slain when the Greek fleet reached the coast of Troy in the...
		Laodamia, in Greek mythology, wife of the Thessalian commander Protesilaus, the first Greek slain when the Greek fleet reached the coast of Troy in...
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	Encyclopedia: Protesilaus
		A slave, having detected her in the act of embracing it and supposing it to be a lover, informed her father, who ordered her to burn the image; whereupon she threw herself with it into the flames.
		Protesilaus was the subject of a tragedy by Euripides, of which some fragments remain.
		Protesilaus [pr O ´´tesil A ´ u s] Pronunciation Key, in Greek mythology, Thessalian prince who was killed in the Trojan War.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Protesilaus (541 words)

	Protesilaus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Protesilaus was the son of Iphicles and the leader of the Phylaceans.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Protesilaus (147 words)

	Info and facts on 'Protesilaus' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Greek mythology (The mythology of the ancient Greeks), Protesilaus was the son of Iphicles (additional info and facts about Iphicles) and the leader of the Phylace (additional info and facts about Phylace) ans.
		Alternatively, Hector ((Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War) killed Protesilaus and Laodamia killed herself in grief.
		After Protesilaus' death, his brother, Podarces (additional info and facts about Podarces), joined the war in his place.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/protesilaus.htm (114 words)

	Lives of the Greek Heroines: Laodameia
		Protesilaus, the king, bowed his head to kiss the brow and lips of his pleading wife, who, with clinging arms and supplicating voice, would fain have held him back.
		Then Laodameia held her peace and tried to be patient, and Protesilaus, the king, marshalled his men, gathering a great host of nearly five thousand men, to plough the wide backs of the sea in forty fl ships, and with him sailed the gallant Podarkes, his brother.
		But she whose life had been shortened by her unreasoning passion, and who, having enjoyed the rare honour of a husband altogether noble, had been unable to bear the loss of his bodily presence with her, was not permitted at once to join him in the happy fields.
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	XXVII. a. The Trojan War. Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable
		Protesilaus had left at home his wife, Laodamia, who was most tenderly attached to him.
		When the news of his death reached her she implored the gods to be allowed to converse with him only three hours.
		It seems the oracle had declared that victory should be the lot of that party from which should fall the first victim to the war.
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	Laodamia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the same passage, she also writes that she has created a waxen image of Protesilaus (to whom the letter is addressed) and that it is helping her survive without him, as she can talk to it and embrace it.
		However, while you are a soldier in a remote region and will carry arms, a waxen image of you restores your features to me; we tell to that one flattering words, we tell words to that one of obligation to you, that one [the waxen image] accepts my embrace.
		After the three hours were up, and Protesilaus was to die again, Laodamia threw herself onto his funeral pyre, and died with him as the devoted wife.
	www.stanford.edu /~plomio/laodamia.html (943 words)

	Protesilaus Sources (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Protesilaus (first battle casualty of the Trojan War) was the son of Iphiclus;
		Protesilaus, first to die at Troy, killed by Hector; Laodamia, wife of Protesilaus;
		Podarces, younger brother of Protesilaus, sons of Iphiclus;
	www.csulb.edu /~dbouvier/SourceFiles/i440Sources.htm (68 words)

	PROTESILAUS - Encyclopedia Britannica - PROTESILAUS - JCSM's Study Center (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PROTESILAUS, in Greek legend, son of Iphiclus, and husband of Laodameia.
		His tomb and temple were to be seen near Eleus in the Thracian Chersonese.
		Nymphs had planted elm-trees, facing towards Troy, which withered away as soon as they had grown high enough to see the captured city.
	jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/PRE_PYR/PROTESILAUS.html (742 words)

	Protesilaus - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alternatively, Hector killed Protesilaus and Laodamia killed herself in grief.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Protesilaus contains research on
		Protesilaus and People who fought in the Trojan War.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Protesilaus (137 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - Protesilaus (Steam merchant)
		The crew was rescued by the British M/S trawler HMS Paramount (FY 954) (Skipper C.E. Blowers) and landed at Swansea.
		The Protesilaus was later refloated and towed to Greenock but declared a total loss.
		In September 1940, she was taken in tow by the British tug Empire Henchman and French tug Abeille 22 to Scapa Flow for use as a blockship, but on 13 September the ship sprung a leak and had to be sunk by gunfire about 5 miles northwest of the Skerryvore Lighthouse, Argyllshire.
	uboat.net /allies/merchants/196.html (187 words)

	PROTESILAUS - Online Information article about PROTESILAUS
		Conon, Narrationes, 13) Protesilaus survived the fall of See also:
		Protesilaus, unable to continue his voyage, remained and built the See also:
		Protesilaus was the subject of a tragedy by See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PRE_PYR/PROTESILAUS.html (875 words)

	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 1531
		He was a Persian, but a wicked and cruel man. At the time when Xerxes was marching against Athens, he had craftily possessed himself of the treasures belonging to Protesilaus the son of Iphiclus, which were at Elaeus in the Chersones.
		For at this place is the tomb of Protesilaus, surrounded by a sacred precinct.
		And he could say in a certain sense that Protesilaus had borne arms against the land of the king; because the Persians consider all Asia to belong to them, and to their king for the time being.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_1531.htm (314 words)

	Portrait (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Laodamia is united with the dead shade of her husband Protesilaus, and keeps a statue of him in their bed; Admetus keeps a statue of his dead wife Alcestis in his bed: the portrait of the lover thus becomes a consolation for lost love, a paradoxical sign of both absence and presence.
		Laodamia is united with the dead shade of her husband Protesilaus, and she keeps a statue of him in their bed; Admetus keeps a statue of Alcestis in his bed, and so on.
		In the famous story of Laodamia and Protesilaus, Protesilaus's shade returns from the Underworld to rejoin his wife; in other versions, Laodamia keeps a statue of Protesilaus in their bed.
	www.geocities.com /mauriziobettini/Portrait.html (5789 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2001.12.19 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Reeson's (R.'s) commentary on three of the lesser-known Heroides (11 from Canace to Macareus, 13 from Laodamia to Protesilaus, and 14 from Hypermestra to Lynceus) is solid and well-done, containing a new text and extensive commentary on each of the three.
		His arguments that Laodamia writes to an already-dead Protesilaus do not change my strongly held conviction that her letter (and death) have a much more intimate connection to his fate.
		Rosati on Protesilaus as an elegiac figure, Casali on Heroides 14 (particularly on Horatian intertexts) and Keuls on the Danaid myth).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2001/2001-12-19.html (1880 words)

	THE TROJAN WAR: MYTHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
		3. Laodamia, the wife of Protesilaus, asked the gods permission to talk with her husband for three hours.
		Her request was granted and Mercury led Protesilaus to the upper world.
		It is said that nymphs planted elm trees round his grave, which flourished till they were high enough to command a view of Troy, then withered away, giving place to fresh branches that sprang from the roots.
	www.hoocher.com /trojanwar.htm (3082 words)

	MythNET - The Trojan War
		He also became the first to die as he was struck down by Hector.
		Protesilaus' wife Laodamia was so distraught with grief that Hermes brought him back to life for a few hours.
		But when her husband had to return to the realm of Hades, Laodamia killed herself.
	www.classicsunveiled.com /mythnet/html/trojan.html (825 words)

	Laodameia (2) * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		A daughter of Akastos (Acastus) who committed suicide so that she could join her husband, Protesilaus, in the Underworld.
		Protesilaus was allowed to return from the dead for a brief visit with Laodameia but she could not bear to live without him; when Protesilaus returned to the Underworld, Laodameia committed suicide.
		As is common with many of the Greek myths, there is a bit of confusion involved with the names of various individuals; the name of Protesilaus’ wife is no exception; in the Kypria, which is part of the Epic Cycle, Polydora is said to be the wife of Protesilaus.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Laodameia_2.html (280 words)

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