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Hmmm... A lot of people had recycled names (kings and stewards of Gondor, heirs of Isildur, kings of Númenor...), but here's my guess:
Glorfindel (of Rivendell)
a chap had the same [scil. name] = Glorfindel of Gondolin, First age
I played the great game = Balrog-wrestling?
and did I win? No! - Well, in a way he did, but he died in the process, so maybe not exactly a win...
despite my great fame - Glorfindel of G. was a legend, of course, and Glorfindel of R. made the WitchKing take to his heels twice, which has to count for something
the first [scil. Who am I?] you can't know - maybe referring to the uncertainty whether the two were canonically the same person?
Doesn't seem to fit too well, all in all, but it's worth a try.
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Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI
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