person
Menelaus
also: Μενέλαος, Μενέλαον, fair-haired Menelaus
King of Sparta, husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon, last of the Achaeans to reach home from Troy; Telemachus visits him in Book 4.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §1.149 Menelaus
King of Sparta, Agamemnon's younger brother; Helen's abduction by Paris from his house is the war's cause, and he duels Paris directly for her in Book 3.
- The Odyssey §1.253 fair-haired Menelaus
King of Sparta and Agamemnon's brother, last of the Achaeans to reach home; Telemachus's second stop.
- The Odyssey §3.148 fair-haired Menelaus
King of Sparta, Agamemnon's brother; Nestor sends Telemachus on to him, since Menelaus returned from Troy last and knows the most.
- The Odyssey §4.1 glorious Menelaus
King of Sparta, Agamemnon's brother, Helen's husband; his household is celebrating a double wedding when Telemachus arrives.
Mentioned in 2 works (126 mentions)
The Iliad
- §1.149 Menelaus
- §2.394 Menelaus
- §2.441 Menelaus
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- §4.1 Menelaus
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- §17.1 fair-haired Menelaus
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The Odyssey
- §1.253 fair-haired Menelaus
- §3.124 Menelaus
- §3.148 fair-haired Menelaus
- §3.240 Menelaus
- §3.255 fair-haired Menelaus
- §3.309 fair-haired Menelaus
- §4.1 Menelaus
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- §4.65 fair-haired Menelaus
- §8.499 Menelaus
- §11.441 Menelaus
- §13.393 Menelaus
- §14.446 Menelaus
- §15.1 Menelaus
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- §15.130 fair-haired Menelaus
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- §15.87 fair-haired Menelaus
- §17.108 Menelaus
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- §17.75 Menelaus
- §24.106 Menelaus