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Menelaus

Menelaus (Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos; Hebrew: מנלאוס) was a figure in Greek mythology, best known as a king of Sparta and the husband of Helen of Troy. He is a significant character in Homer's epic poem the Iliad, which chronicles the events of the Trojan War. Menelaus was the son of King Tyndareus of Sparta and Leda, and he had a twin brother, Agamemnon, who was the king of Mycenae. Menelaus is often depicted as a strong and courageous warrior, and his role in the Trojan War was pivotal, as the war was sparked by the abduction of his wife Helen by Paris, a Trojan prince. In other languages, Menelaus is known as Menelao in Italian, Menelaos in German, and Menelao in Spanish.

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Menelaus
King of Sparta, husband of Helen of Troy
Menelaus
In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a Greek king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta. According to the Iliad, the Trojan War began as a result of Menelaus's wife, Helen, fleeing to Troy with the Trojan prince Paris. Menelaus was a central figure in the Trojan War, leading the Spartan contingent of the Greek army, under his elder brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Prominent in both the Iliad and Odyssey, Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy, the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than as a member of the doomed House of Atreus.
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