Elaeus is a Greek city in Thracian Chersonese, hometown of the mythological hero Protesilaus. A polis (πολις) — plural: poleis (πολεις) — is a city, or a city-state. ... Map of the Thracian Chersonese The Thracian Chersonese (in Greek Χερσoνησoς Θραικια) was the ancient name of the Gallipoli peninsula, in the part of historic Thrace that is now part of modern Turkey. ... // Greek mythology consists in part of a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. ... In Greek mythology, Protesilaus was the son of Iphicles and the leader of the Phylaceans. ...