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.