Sunday, July 25, 2021

Menelaus.

 Menelaus (Μενέλαος) was known as king of Mycena and husband of beautiful Helen. His parents were Atreus (Ἀτρεύς) and Aerope (Ἀερόπη). Menelaus had an elder brother named Agamemnon. He was a king of Mycenae, too.

His wife Helen of Troy was kidnapped by Theseus and Pirithous, when she was a child.

Menelaus was an important character in the Trojan War.

He and his spouse Helen of Sparta had a daughter Hermione.



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