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Menelaus
Short entry on the Spartan king Menelaus.

Did Hector Kill Menelaus King of Sparta?
In the Warner Bros. movie Troy Hector kills Menelaus of Sparta. This is at variance with the ancient Greek version of Menealus' role in the Trojan War.

Menelaus
Menelaus article from the site of Carlos Parada. Includes episode from the Trojan War in which Menelaus and Paris tried to fight it out themselves, but the gods intevened.

Menelaus
Encyclopedia Mythica article on Menelaus, the ruler of his wife Helen's homeland, Lacedaemon. Also describes how Menelaus managed to get back safely to Lacedaemon with Helen after the Trojan War.

Menelaus and Helen
A poem on Menelaus and Helen by the English poet Rupert Brooke.