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Menelaus harbors disdain for the suitors who have overrun his home in Odysseus's absence. He views them as disrespectful and arrogant, taking advantage of Odysseus's absence and consuming his resources. Menelaus's feelings reflect a broader sense of loyalty to Odysseus and a desire to see justice served against those who disrespect his friend. This animosity underscores the themes of honor and hospitality in the epic.
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Why did Odysseus go to the Trojan war?
Helen was one of the most beautiful women in the world and had many suitors. When she chose to marry Menalaus, her father asked all the other suitors (including Odysseus) to support the marriage rights of her choice. The story goes that, after some years of marriage, Helen ended up in Troy. At that time, Menelaus asked Odysseus and the other suitors to help him bring Helen back from Troy. After the war was won, Helen and Menelaus reunited.
What does Odysseus and Telemachus do to get rid of the suitors?
they kill the suitors
Why did the achaeans fight the Trojan war?
Prince Paris "kidnapped" Helen, the wife of Menelaus and took her to Troy. When Helen was married, her father, fearing the wrath of the princes that he did not marry Helen to, made every one of Helen's suitors swear to fight whoever dares to take Helen away from her husband. So when Paris took Helen to Troy, Agamemnon, Menelaus's older brother, took this chance and lead the Achaeans to fight Troy for Helen.
What As Telemachus and Nestor's son left Menelaus' palace in the chariot what did Menelaus do?
he poured a drink offering
Who was helens husband?
Menelaus
Who were some famous suitors of Helen of Troy?
Helen of Troy was married to Menelaus, but was loved also by Paris.
Why did Odysseus go to the Trojan war?
Helen was one of the most beautiful women in the world and had many suitors. When she chose to marry Menalaus, her father asked all the other suitors (including Odysseus) to support the marriage rights of her choice. The story goes that, after some years of marriage, Helen ended up in Troy. At that time, Menelaus asked Odysseus and the other suitors to help him bring Helen back from Troy. After the war was won, Helen and Menelaus reunited.
How influential was Helen of Troy?
Helen of Troy was Queen of Sparta before Paris made her his wife. Her father had had to make a oath so that all her suitors would defend the man that she choose for husband - Menelaus.
Why did the envoys from Helen of troy's husband call the men of Greece?
Helen had many suitors among the kings of Bronze Age Greece, including Odysseus and Agamemnon. In the end, she chose Menelaus, bu all of the others were made to swear an oath that if Helen were to come to harm, they would do anything to save her. This was to prevent one of them from attacking Sparta and taking Helen as their own (at the risk of initiating war with all the others). Of course, Priam and his sons were not a part of this arrangement. So, when Helen was abducted/ran away, he called on the other Achaean kings to fulfill their oaths. ----- It started with the Oath of Tyndareus: a idea of Odysseus, where all the suitors of Helen would vow to defend the chosen husband from any quarrel, that husband was Menelaus - chosen either by Tyndareus, or by Helen: now the brother of Menelaus was Agamemnon King of Mycenae or Argos (Helen's sister Clytemnestra; was his wife). When Paris took Helen from Sparta to Troy, Menelaus called upon all the suitors and their resources from that vow to go to war with Troy.
Where was Menelaus the king of?
Menelaus was the king of Sparta.
Menelaus was king of where?
Menelaus was the king of Sparta.
Was menelaus married?
Menelaus is the husband of Helen.
Where was Menelaus from?
Menelaus was the King of Sparta, which is in the Peloponnesus.
Were the Spartans known for somthing they did during the Trojan wars?
According to the mythology of the Trojan War, it was all to do with Helen of Troy (who wasn't really from Troy, but rather Sparta). When Helen was approaching the age of marriage there were many suitors trying to win her because of her beauty. Odysseus came up with the idea that all the suitors must swear an oath that Helen can choose who she wants to marry and that all the others will support the lucky man if he ever gets into trouble because of her. Helen chose Menelaus, who became King of Sparta, when Helen ran away with Paris to Troy (thanks to the involvement of Aphrodite) Menelaus called up all of Helen's old suitors to get her back.
What did menelaus did during the Trojan war?
All of the suitors of Helen, which was essentially every king in Greece, took a vow that they would defend the honor of whomever was chosen as her husband, so as to prevent war from breaking out over the quest for her hand. When she was spirited away by Paris, Menelaus forced them to fulfill their oaths. They laid siege to Troy for 10 years before finally defeating the city and razing it to the ground.
What is Menelaus' job description?
Menelaus was a greek god
Who are Menelaus and Agamemnon?
Menelaus and Agamemnon were brothers. Menelaus was the king of Sparta, and Agamemnon was the commander of the Achaeans in the Trojan war. Menelaus was married to Helen, and Agamemnon was married to Clytemnestra.
