Menelaus
Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.
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When the woman is a powerful man’s wife — Helen was married to King Menelaus of Sparta — the effort to retrieve her can hardly help escalating to armed conflict.
The war on the American frontier, seen through the abduction of Daniel Boone’s daughter | H. W. Brands | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostAided by some divine meddling, Paris performs the consummate indignity against his host Menelaus by absconding with his wife.
‘A Sustained Sense of Violation’: When Bad House Guests Invade Literature | Matt Seidel | July 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Menelaus being convicted, promised Ptolemee to give him much money to persuade the king to favour him.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe sword of Menelaus broke into three or four pieces when he smote the helmet ridge of Paris.
Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
Menelaus takes a spear, and goes to look for Agamemnon, whom he finds arming himself beside his ship.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangMany others volunteer, but Agamemnon bids Diomede choose his own companion, with a very broad hint not to take Menelaus.
Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for Menelaus
/ (ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs) /
Greek myth a king of Sparta and the brother of Agamemnon. He was the husband of Helen, whose abduction led to the Trojan War
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