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Menelaus

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Menelaus

In Greek mythology, a king of Sparta; son of Atreus; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen, and father of Hermione. With his brother he ousted Thyestes from the throne of Mycenae and was joint leader of the Greek expedition against Troy.

After the Trojan wars Menelaus returned to Sparta with Helen, where they lived peacefully until transported by Zeus to Elysium. In historical times their tombs were believed to be at Therapnae in Laconia, southern Greece, where they received divine honours with Helen's brothers, Castor and Pollux (Greek Polydeuces).

The dynastic rivalries between the houses of Atreus and Thyestes were known as the legend of the Atridae.



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It told of the dispute between Agamemnon and Menelaus, the departure from Troy of Menelaus, the fortunes of the lesser heroes, the return and tragic death of Agamemnon, and the vengeance of Orestes on Aegisthus.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
As an example of motiveless degradation of character, we have Menelaus in the Orestes: of character indecorous and inappropriate, the lament of Odysseus in the Scylla, and the speech of Melanippe: of inconsistency, the Iphigenia at Aulis,--for Iphigenia the suppliant in no way resembles her later self.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Note that they were heroes in the days of old and practised the medicines of which I am speaking at the siege of Troy: You will remember how, when Pandarus wounded Menelaus, they
The Republic by Plato View in context
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