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Of the major Greek heroes at the siege of Troy, Menelaus has one of the thinnest stories after the fall of the city.
Menelaus appears in Homer's Odyssey (IV) back home in Sparta, re-united with his wife Helen. Helen is unable to bear a son to Menelaus, and the king himself seems tortured by memories of the futility and destructiveness of the war. Like most of the Greek heroes, Menelaus found the journey home difficult, and in fact was stranded in Egypt for several years.
According to Euripides' Helen, Menelaus and Helen are re-united after death on the Isles of the Blessed. But Menelaus is as unhappy with his reconditioned wife after death as he was while she lived.
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∙ 11y agoparis fought menelaus but paris was defeated. when menelaus went to kill paris.he fled to his brother hector who then killed menelaus while protecting paris.
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Did Jason fight in the Trojan war?
no
Who is menelaus in The Odyssey?
Menelaus is the brother of Agamemnon and the King of Sparta. His wife is Helen and he was one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War. In the Odyssey, Menelaus tries to help Telemachus find his father Odysseus.
Where did King menelaus rule?
Menelaus was the king of Sparta in Greece. He was the husband of Helen whose abduction by Prince Paris of Troy was the cause of the Trojan War.
What happened to the myrmidons after Troy?
Paris was killed during the Trojan war. Helen was won and taken back to Menelaus in Sparta.
The Iliad is about what?
The Iliad is about a young sheperd named Paris that really was the son of King Priam ruler of Troy that went to Sparta and stole King Menelaus' wife Helen and the war that followed.Wrong!!!That is the Trojan WarThe Illiad is about the siege of Troy.when he believed kept thinking positivlyThe Illiad is about the siege of Troy.
Who was the petitioner in the Trojan War?
Menelaus.
Who is the husband of Helen in the Trojan war?
Menelaus.
Who is the king of Sparta during the Trojan war?
Menelaus.
What was the name of menelaus's brother in the Trojan war?
Agamemnon.
Who came up with the idea to end the Trojan war?
Menelaus.
What side was Menelaus on in the Trojan War?
The Achaean Greek invaders.
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.
Was Menelaus a god?
No, Menelaus was not a god. He was the king of Sparta, and the husband of Helen. He fought to win her back in the Trojan war.
Who was Sparta's general?
Menelaus was the leader of the Spartans during the Trojan war
Who was the husband of Helen during the Trojan war?
Menelaus king of Sparta
How did the Greeks invade Troy during the Trojan war?
When Helen,Zeus and leda's daughter,married Menelaus the king of Sparta. A Trojan prince Paris kid kidnapped her and Menelaus called a war to get her wife back.... But I forgot if Paris or Menelaus took her back
What does atreus mean?
In Greek mythology, Atreus was the King of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. Menelaus's wife Helen was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris, precipitating the Trojan war.
