Menelaus
quoted 14 times by 5 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Menelaus the figure
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
12 quoted · 2 reported
12 neutral 2 refutedin the voice of Helen 2 , Orestes 2 , Peleus 2 , Agamemnon 1 , Andromache 1 , Chorus Leader 1 , Hecuba 1 , Iris 1 , Menelaus 1 , Nestor 1
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in the voice of Helen
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The Trojan Women Euripides 5 neutral 5 citations · 21 passages
Helen delivers a sustained formal defense speech, structured as a rhetorical argument, addressed to Menelaus.
Oh, by your knees, I implore you, do not impute that heaven-sent affliction to me, or slay me;
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in the voice of Peleus
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Andromache Euripides 3 neutral 3 citations · 13 passages
Peleus's entrance speech is a direct continuous address confronting Menelaus and questioning Andromache.
Menelaus, hold thy hand.
andromache ¶ -
in the voice of Old Man
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Iphigenia in Aulis Euripides 1 neutral 1 refuted 2 citations · 5 passages
The Old Man directly accuses Menelaus before Agamemnon, prompting Agamemnon's demand to know the cause of the uproar.
he snatched your letter violently from my grasp, Agamemnon, and will not heed the claims of right.
iphigenia in aulis ¶ -
in the voice of Orestes
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Orestes Euripides 1 neutral 1 refuted 2 citations · 67 passages
Orestes and Menelaus engage in extended question-and-answer dialogue that reveals Orestes' condition, the oracle's role, and the political danger he faces.
Menelaus, I am Orestes, whom you are asking about.
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in the voice of Iris
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Chrestomathy Proclus 2 neutral 2 citations · 1 passage
The text explicitly describes Iris reporting news to Menelaus, a reported speech act.
And after this Iris reports to Menelaus what has happened in his house.
chrestomathy ¶
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