Menelaus

Menelaus in vase painting Menelaus appears in Greek vase painting in the 6th to 4th centuries BC, such as: Menelaus’s reception of Paris at Sparta; his retrieval of Patroclus’s corpse; and his reunion with Helen.

After Pandarus wounds Menelaus with an arrow the fight begins again.

After the war Book 4 of the Odyssey provides an account of Menelaus’ return from Troy and his homelife in Sparta.

Agamemnon inherited Mycenae and Menelaus became king of Sparta.

As happened to many Greeks, Menelaus' homebound fleet was blown by storms to Crete and Egypt where they were unable to sail away because the wind was calm.

Built early 8th century BC it was believed by Spartans to be the home of Menelaus.

Despite their enmity toward him, Odysseus persuades the kings Menelaus and Agamemnon to grant Ajax a proper burial.

He duels Paris and wins, but Paris retreats to his brother Hector, who kills Menelaus to protect Paris.

Homer 's Iliad is the most expansive source for Menelaus’s exploits during the Trojan War.

In a split second, Menelaus' wrath went away instantly.

In Book 3, Menelaus challenges Paris to a duel for Helen’s return.

In Book 4, while the Greeks and Trojans squabble over the duel’s winner, Athena inspires the Trojan Pandarus to shoot Menelaus with his bow and arrow.

In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women and wife of Menelaus, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy.

Jupiter-trojan families are much smaller in size than families in the asteroid belt; the largest identified family, the Menelaus group, consists of only eight members.

Justin also mentions that Amyntas had three sons by another wife, Gygaea (probably and Argead): Archelaus, Arrhidaeus and Menelaus.

Like the 1956 film that influenced it, Menelaus is portrayed as a brutish king out for revenge.

Menelaus and Paris fought a duel, which ended when Aphrodite snatched the beaten Paris from the field.

Menelaus soundly beats Paris, but before he can kill him and claim victory, Aphrodite spirits Paris away inside the walls of Troy.

Menelaus succeeded Tyndareus in Sparta, while Agamemnon, with his brother's assistance, drove out Aegisthus and Thyestes to recover his father's kingdom.

Paris therefore proposes single combat between himself and Menelaus, with Helen to go to the victor, ending the war.