Protesilaus Greek A hero from Thessaly, son of Iphicles; husband of Laodamia.
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Protesilaus Greek A hero from Thessaly, son of Iphicles; husband of Laodamia. Protesilaus was the first of the Greeks to spring ashore at Troy (see Trojan War) and the first to die. Laodamia begged the gods to allow Protesilaus to return to Earth so that they might spend three more hours together. The gods granted her wish and the lovers were reunited. Then Laodamia committed suicide and went to the Underworld with her husband.
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- Iphicles Greek Halfbrother of the hero Heracles; son of Amphitryon, a prince of Tiryns, and his wife, Alcmene, who was a daughter of the king of Mycenae; husband to Automedusa, and later, to the youngest daughter of King Creon of Thebes.
- Laertes Greek King of Ithaca husband of Anticlea, father of the hero Odysseus.
- Myrmidons Greek Warlike people of ancient Thessaly, in the eastern part of the Greek mainland, who accompanied the hero Achilles into battle in the Trojan War.
- Peleus Greek Son of King Aecus; brother of Telamon; husband of Thetis; father, with Thetis, of the hero Achilles.
- Pelias Greek Son of Tyro, a half brother of Aeson, from whom Pelias stole the throne of Iolcus, in Thessaly.