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According to Euripides's Orestes, Tyndareus was still alive at the time of Menelaus’ return, [10] and was trying to secure the death penalty for his grandson Orestes due to the latter's murder of his own mother who was also Tyndareus’ daughter, Clytemnestra, but according to other accounts he had died prior to the Trojan War. [11]
Menelaus was a descendant of Pelops son of Tantalus. [3] He was the younger brother of Agamemnon, and the husband of Helen of Troy.According to the usual version of the story, followed by the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Agamemnon and Menelaus were the sons of Atreus, king of Mycenae, and Aerope, daughter of the Cretan king Catreus. [4]
During the contest, Castor and Pollux had a prominent role in dealing with the suitors, although the final decision was in the hands of Tyndareus. [1] Her future husband Menelaus did not attend but sent his brother Agamemnon to represent him. [2] Menelaus was chosen because he had the most wealth and offered the most bride-gifts. [3]
As a token of good will and allegiance, King Tyndareus offered his daughters to Agamemnon and Menelaus as wives, Clytemnestra and Helen respectively. When Agamemnon left Mycenae for the Trojan War , Aegisthus seduced Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, and the couple plotted to kill her husband upon his return.
Menelaus (Hebrew: מנלאוס) was High Priest in Jerusalem from about 172 BC [1] to about 161 BC. He was high priest at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt (167-160). He was the successor of Jason , the brother of Onias III .
In Greek antiquity, Hermione (/ h ɜːr ˈ m aɪ. ə n i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἑρμιόνη [hermi.ónɛː]) was the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. [2] Prior to the Trojan War, Hermione had been betrothed by Tyndareus, her grandfather, [3] to her cousin Orestes, son of her uncle, Agamemnon.
Menelaus of Alexandria (/ ˌ m ɛ n ɪ ˈ l eɪ ə s /; Ancient Greek: Μενέλαος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Menelaos ho Alexandreus; c. 70 – 140 CE) was a Greek [1] mathematician and astronomer, the first to recognize geodesics on a curved surface as natural analogs of straight lines.
Menelaus (Ancient Greek: Μενέλαος, romanized: Menelaos) was the half-brother of Philip II, king of ancient Macedonia.He was the son of Amyntas III and Gygaea, Amyntas' second wife, and had two brothers, Archelaus and Arrhidaeus.