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    Dares the Phrygian, Menelaus was described as "of moderate stature, auburn-haired, and handsome. He had a pleasing personality." Menelaus was a descendant...
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    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")...
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    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...
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    retaliate, Menelaus was chosen to be Helen's husband. As a sign of the importance of the pact, Tyndareus sacrificed a horse. Helen and Menelaus became rulers...
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  • refer to: 1647 Menelaus, Jovian asteroid Menelaus (crater) on the Moon Menelaus of Macedon (various) Menelaus (son of Amyntas III) Menelaus (son of Lagus)...
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    In Euclidean geometry, Menelaus's theorem, named for Menelaus of Alexandria, is a proposition about triangles in plane geometry. Suppose we have a triangle...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • Menelaus of Macedon (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/; Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos) may refer to: Menelaus, father of Amyntas II or Amyntas III king and grandfather of Philip...
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    period, Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, King of Sparta. In Sparta, Agamemnon and Menelaus respectively married Tyndareus'...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • Menelaus (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/; Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos), son of Lagus and brother of Ptolemy I Soter (ruler of Egypt), served as priest of the eponymous state...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • Aerope had had two sons, Agamemnon and Menelaus, and a daughter Anaxibia. Agamemnon married Clytemnestra, and Menelaus married Helen, her famously attractive...
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    Hermione (/hɜːrˈmaɪ.əni/; Greek: Ἑρμιόνη [hermi.ónɛː]) was the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. Prior to the Trojan War,...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    2017. "USS Menelaus (ARL-13)". Navsource.org. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2017. Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Menelaus (ARL-13). Photo...
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  • In Greek mythology, Antianeira (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιανείρης), also called Laothoe, was a daughter of Menetes (Menetus)and mother of the Argonauts Eurytus...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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