Dares the Phrygian, Menelaus was described as "of moderate stature, auburn-haired, and handsome. He had a pleasing personality." Menelaus was a descendant...

The Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) is one of thirty species of butterfly in the subfamily Morphinae. Its wingspan is approximately 12 cm (4.7")...

Jane Menelaus (born 1959) is an Australian actress who trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England. Jane Menelaus has worked...

Daubrée. To the northeast is a faint rille system named the Rimae Menelaus. The wall of Menelaus is slightly irregular in outline, with a high, sharp rim and...

mathematician Francesco Maurolico. The lunar crater Menelaus is named after him. The titles of a few books by Menelaus have been preserved: On the calculation of...

In Euclidean geometry, Menelaus's theorem, named for Menelaus of Alexandria, is a proposition about triangles in plane geometry. Suppose we have a triangle...

Tyndareus sacrificed a horse. Helen and Menelaus became rulers of Sparta, after Tyndareus and Leda abdicated. Menelaus and Helen rule in Sparta for at least...

and Aerope. Menelaus may also refer to: 1647 Menelaus, Jovian asteroid Menelaus (crater) on the Moon Menelaus of Macedon (various) Menelaus (son of Amyntas...

period, Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, King of Sparta. In Sparta, Agamemnon and Menelaus respectively married Tyndareus'...

Menelai Portus or Menelaus Portus or Port of Menelaus (Ancient Greek: Μενελάϊος λίμην), also called Menelaita, was an ancient city with a port on the...

Menelaus of Macedon (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/; Ancient Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos) may refer to: Menelaus, father of Amyntas II or Amyntas III king and grandfather...

high priest Jason and to collect at the same time the sum Menelaus had promised. Menelaus' first act was to seize the sacred vessels in the Temple stores...

husband, Menelaus, the Spartan king, for Paris of Troy, Menelaus called upon all the kings and princes of Greece to wage war upon Troy. Menelaus' brother...

brother Paris negotiate a peace treaty with Menelaus, King of Sparta. Paris begins an affair with Menelaus' wife, Queen Helen, and he smuggles her aboard...

Athenian citizenship and is the "Menelaus, son of Arrhabaeus" honoured as Athenian proxenos in Troy (~ 359 BC) and the Menelaus, commander of the cavalry against...

(/hɜːrˈmaɪ.əni/; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμιόνη [hermi.ónɛː]) was the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. Prior to the Trojan War,...

In Greek mythology, Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos) was a prince of the south of Argolis as son of King Thyestes. He was the brother of Pleisthenes...

Spartan King Menelaus from Greek mythology. The dark asteroid has a rotation period of 17.7 hours. It is the principal body of the proposed Menelaus cluster...

heroes. Early in the epic, Paris and Menelaus duel in an attempt to end the war without further bloodshed. Menelaus easily defeats Paris, though Aphrodite...

Menelaus (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/; Ancient Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos), son of Lagus and brother of Ptolemy I Soter (ruler of Egypt), served as priest of the eponymous...

Agamemnon and Menelaus were adopted by their grandfather Atreus. The Pleisthenes who was said to have been the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus is a puzzling...

Aerope had had two sons, Agamemnon and Menelaus, and a daughter Anaxibia. Agamemnon married Clytemnestra, and Menelaus married Helen, her famously attractive...

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...

brother Nicostratus were the sons of Menelaus by a slave, and thus illegitimate, Agamemnon's son Orestes succeeded Menelaus as king of Sparta. Pausanias also...

oracular Old Man of the Sea and herdsman of the sea-beasts. In the Odyssey, Menelaus relates to Telemachus that he had been becalmed here on his journey home...

Idomeneus, and both Menelaus and Agamemnon. All but Odysseus brought many and rich gifts with them. Helen's favourite was Menelaus who, according to some...

duel with Menelaus, urged by Hector, his brother and hero of Troy. Here, the initial cause of the entire war is explained: Helen, wife of Menelaus, and the...

According to II Macc. iv. 26, Menelaus was not an Aaronite, but brother of Simon and thus also a Benjaminite. When Menelaus removed some vessels from the...

to end it if, in a single duel, Menelaus wins over Paris. Agamemnon poisons Menelaus' javelin. Paris is cut but Menelaus stops the fight and the two men...

with other names in the area, for Menelaus, husband of Helen and younger brother of Agamemnon in Homer's Iliad. "Menelaus Ridge". Geographic Names Information...