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Menelaus was the brother of Agamemnon, and was the king of Sparta. He was best known for being the husband of Helen. Helen had left with Paris, and Menelaus fought to get her back in the Trojan war.

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Menelaus was the brother of King Agamemnon, the ruler of Mycenae in present-day Greece. Menelaus ruled Sparta and married Queen Helen. He and his brother Agamemnon waged war on Troy because they thought that Helen was taken by the princes of Troy Hector and Paris. Menelaus challenged Paris to a duel in order to resolve the war quickly, but their battle was indecisive. According to Homer's Iliad, this was due to the intervention of Aphrodite, who rescued Paris from an otherwise certain death. In the movie Troy (2004), the gods do not play an active role, and the duel between Menelaus and Paris is interrupted by Hector, who kills Menelaus to save his brother. This is not true to the Iliad, in which Menelaus survives the Trojan War, is reunited with his wife Helen, returns home after a difficult return voyage, and lives a full life. His brother Agamemnon is not so lucky, but that is another story.

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Menelaus was a character from Greek mythology. He was the King of Sparta, and the husband of Helen.

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Menelaus thinks highly of odysseus. he respects and honors him.

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Her name was Helen, often referred to as Helen of Troy.

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Menelaus reveals that Proteus told him that Odysseus was being held captive by Calypso on her island of Ogygia, and that he could not escape because he had no men and no ships.

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He was the King in The Odyssey

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What is Menelaus's' opinion of Odysseus?

Menelaus thinks highly of odysseus. he respects and honors him.


What is Menelaus's opinion of Odysseus?

Menelaus thinks highly of odysseus. he respects and honors him.


How does King Menelaus know Odysseus in 'The Odyssey'?

Menelaus, King of Sparta, naturtally knows Odysseus, King of Ithaca.


Who told menelaus where odysseus was detained?

Athena


In The Odyssey what is the significance of Proteus?

Proteus is the one who gives Menelaus the information about Odysseus still being alive but trapped by Calypso. Menelaus passes this information to Odysseus' son Telemachus.


Who found Helen during the battle of troy and returned her to menelaus?

Nobody killed her. She went back to Menelaus.


What did Proteus tell Menelaus?

Odysseus was alive and being held captive


Who is menelaus in The Odyssey?

Menelaus is the brother of Agamemnon and the King of Sparta. His wife is Helen and he was one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War. In the Odyssey, Menelaus tries to help Telemachus find his father Odysseus.


Which kings came to Ithaca to get Odysseus to fight in the Trojan War?

Palamedes, Menelaus, Nestor.


Who were some of the main Greek heroes of the Trojan War?

Agamemnon, Menelaus, Achilles, Odysseus.


Who never married Helen in the Odysseus?

In the "Odyssey," Helen was the wife of Menelaus, not Odysseus. Odysseus was married to Penelope, who remained faithful to him during his long journey back from the Trojan War.


What does Menelaus learn from his own fate?

One story that King Menelaus told was that on his return from Troy, he was stranded in Egypt and was captured by Proteus. Proteus told King Menelaus that Odysseus was still alive but is held captive on Calypso's island.