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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 supporting the body of Patroclus, in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy. The Pasquino Group (also known as Menelaus Carrying the Body of Patroclus or Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles) is a group of marble sculptures that copy a Hellenistic bronze original, dating to ca. 200–150 BCE. [1]
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]
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.
Helen and Menelaus became rulers of Sparta, after Tyndareus and Leda abdicated. Menelaus and Helen rule in Sparta for at least ten years; they have a daughter, Hermione, and (according to some myths) three sons: Aethiolas, Maraphius, and Pleisthenes. The marriage of Helen and Menelaus marks the beginning of the end of the age of heroes.
Menelaus continued to plunder the treasures of the Temple until violence ensued, in which his brother Lysimachus met his death. He then brought before the king an accusation against the people of Jerusalem, that they were partisans of the Egyptians and persecuted him only because he was opposed to their party intrigues.
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 (/ ˌ m ɛ n ɪ ˈ l eɪ ə s /; Ancient Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos) was a local ruler of Pelagonia, honoured as euergetes ("benefactor") of Athens in 363 BC, for helping Athenians in the war against Amphipolis and the Chalcidian League. In the decree it is stated that not only Menelaus himself but also his ancestors were ...