The Tomb of Protesilaus

tomb · 550 BC – 300 AD · location approximate

Tomb of the mythic figure Protesilaus, first to die in the Trojan War. According to ancient testimony, the tomb was located on the Chersonesus, near Elaeus, its precise location is not known today.

Coordinates

40.04470, 26.18900

Also known as

Protesilai Sepulchrum (la), Protesilai Sepulchrum (la), Protesileo taphos (grc), Πρωτεσίλεω τάφος (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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