entity_sources: ENT_PROTESILAUS, SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY, direct attestation
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| entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_PROTESILAUS | SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Protesilaus is named in Iliad II.695-710 as the first Greek killed at Troy; he leapt from the first ship and was immediately killed by a Trojan; his wife is left "with cheeks torn in grief, the house half-built"; this brief passage is his Homeric primary attestation |