Menelaus
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title:
Menelaus
text:
In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a Greek king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta. According to the Iliad, the Trojan war began as a result of Menelaus's wife, Helen, fleeing to Troy with the Trojan prince Paris. Menelaus was a central figure in the Trojan War, leading the Spartan contingent of the Greek army, under his elder brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Prominent in both the Iliad and Odyssey, Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy, the latter more as a hero of t
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King of Sparta, husband of Helen of Troy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menelaus
date created:
2002-03-28T02:39:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T16:31:28Z
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