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"Mount Menalæus" is mentioned in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame when Gringore is describing Esmeralda- ("Verily" thought Gringore, "it is a salamander, a nymph, a goddess, a bacchanal of Mount Menalæus!", chapter three)
And according to this website> http://www.authorstream.com/presentation/Veronica-49855-apple-Golden-Minervas-Offer-Junos-Venuss-Pariss-decision-Minerva-Juno-angry-Helen-as-Education-ppt-powerpoint/ , Menalaeus was the King of Sparta (it appears the presentation is about Greek/Roman Mythology)
It looks like a more common spelling of his name is Menalaus; it is spelled this way in it's Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menelaus), which also says he is the King of Sparta, and was a "...central figure in the Trojan War." Homer's Illiad details much of Menalaus's exploits during the war.
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Major character of troy?
Helen, Menalaeus, Paris and Achilles. [Then Agamemnon, Nestor, Hector, and Odessyus. Also Priam, Lacoon, Clymenstra, Iphigenia, Cassandra, and Patroclus.]
When was Helen of Troy married?
Helen was married to King Menelaeus (say men-er-lay-us)of Sparta. when her father decided to give Helen a husband he said she must be blindfolded and put a golden wreath on the lucky man in the husband choosing. When Helen was blindfolded, she prayed to Aphrodite (say afro-dite-e) the goddess of love to make her choose Menalaeus. Suddenly Aphrodite made a pin prick sized hole on the blindfold so Helen could where Menalaeus was.
