Menelaus

For indeed Menelaus was not far removed from Tantalus and Pelops;

for perhaps he made the palace to suit the character of Menelaus, whom he calls the only 'soft warrior' among the Achaeans.

"For this reason he adorned the palace among the Phaeacians with groves and fruits throughout the year and ever-flowing springs;

Orestes:

Orestes:

Orestes:

Hiram gives his own daughter to Solomon at the time when, after the capture of Troy, Menelaus came to Phoenicia, as Menander of Pergamum and Laetus say in their Phoenician histories.

It is easy, then, to see that Solomon, who lived in the time of Menelaus (and Menelaus was in the time of the Trojan matters), is older by many years than the sages among the Greeks.

And Isaiah, from the reign of Solomon, in whose time Menelaus was shown to have come to Phoenicia, in the three-hundredth year, is found still prophesying, and Micah with him, and Hosea, and Joel the son of Bathuel.

Peleus:

Peleus:

Peleus:

Menelaus:

Menelaus:

Menelaus:

Has Helen come back to Menelaus’ home?

She lives at Sparta with her former bedfellow.

For there lord Agamemnon mustered his expedition of a thousand ships of Hellas, wanting to take the crown of Troy in glorious victory and avenge the outrage to Helen’s marriage, doing this favor for Menelaus.

Never, never let me see Eurotas’ swirling tide, hateful home of Helen, there to meet and be the slave of Menelaus, whose hand laid Troy waste!

where you tied your hawsers, twisted handiwork from Egypt, in quest of that hateful wife of Menelaus, who brought disgrace on Castor, and on Eurotas foul reproach;

Helen:

Lacedaemon, Menelaus, who because of his moderation and his justice was the one man to be deemed worthy to become the son-in-law of Zeus;

For he conceived of his mission in terms so lofty that he was not satisfied with making up his army from all the men in private station whom he desired to have from each of the cities of Hellas, but even persuaded men of the rank of kings, who were accustomed to do in their own states whatsoever they pleased and to give orders to the world at large, to place themselves under his command, to follow …

I was speaking in reply to those who reproach us with the misfortunes of the Melians and of villages with like populations, not meaning that we had done no wrong in these instances, but trying to show that those who are the idols of these speakers have laid waste more and greater cities than the Athenians have done, in which connection I discussed the virtues of Agamemnon and Menelaus and Nestor, …

as Menelaus the Laconian had a certain sweet-spoken pleasantness .

Yes, but your own cavalry-commander has to sail to Lemnos, leaving Menelaus to command the men who are fighting for our city’s possessions.

the sight of a man with embroidered breeches on his legs and a golden chain about his neck so fluttered her, that she left Menelaus, her excellent little husband.

Now if Menelaus had been secretly snatched from his home, should I have killed Orestes to save Menelaus, my sister’s husband?

But as for your mother, Menelaus, who has arrived at Nauplia only now after capturing Troy, will bury her, with Helen helping him;

and again Menelaus says to Telemachus:

Menelaus then went to Egypt and up the river to Memphis;

so, crediting the original testimony, they sent Menelaus himself to Proteus.

Thus in Homer, in the agreement between Paris and Menelaus, that Helen should be given up to the conqueror, when compared with what follows, it is evident that by the conqueror is meant the combatant, who killed the other.

And they were not acting in this way as eager champions of Alexander or of Menelaus;

After this she so amply recompensed Menelaus for the toils and perils which he had undergone because of her, that when all the race of the Pelopidae had perished and were the victims of irremediable disasters, not only did she free him from these misfortunes but, having made him god instead of mortal, she established him as partner of her house and sharer of her throne forever.

Now hear how Philomelos of Cholargus and Menelaus, once an envoy to the King, received from Amyntas forty minas owed them.

For if they had been able to see the truth, then mighty Aias, in anger over the arms, would never have planted in his chest the smooth sword—Aias, who was the most powerful in battle, except for Achilles, and whom the breath of the unswerving Zephyr conveyed in swift ships, to bring back the wife of golden-haired Menelaus from the city of Ilus.

So let us take our cue from Menelaus, and not leave hold of these gentlemen till they give us a sight of their own serious business.

Don’t you remember that in the case of Menelaus too from the wound that Pandarus inflicted They sucked the blood, and soothing simples sprinkled?

He returns and takes counsel with his brother about the expedition against Ilium, and Menelaus then goes to Nestor.

And after this Menelaus sails off to Crete, charging Helen to provide the strangers with what they need until they depart.

Teucer:

Menelaus:

Menelaus:

For that reason, under fierce constraint and with much resistance, at last he sacrificed her—but it was not for the sake of Menelaus.

Did Menelaus not have two children, who should in fairness have died instead of my daughter, since the father and mother from whom they were sprung had caused that voyage?

O you twin marshalls, Agamemnon, and you, Menelaus, may your flesh instead of mine nourish this plague, and for as long!

But, because the gods grant me nothing that is sweet, you remain alive and you laugh, while I live miserably among countless sufferings, mocked by you and by the sons of Atreus, the two generals whom you serve on this errand.