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== Mythology ==
In [[Homer|Homer's]] ''[[Iliad]]'', Podarces and Protesilaus were former suitors of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]], and therefore bound to defend the marriage rights of [[Menelaus]], her husband, when Helen was kidnapped by [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]]. After Protesilaus was killed by [[Hector]], Podarces led the Phylacian troops in the [[Trojan War]], on the side of the Greeks.  According to the ''[[Posthomerica]]'', by [[Quintus of Smyrna]], he was killed by [[Penthesilea]], the Queen of the Amazons.