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  • noun The king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon.

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  • noun (Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen

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Examples

  • No. Menelaus is not killed by Hector, nor is Big Ajax killed by Hector for that matter, and Achilles is not smarter than all the Greeks because he is an atheist.

    2009 January « paper fruit 2009

  • No. Menelaus is not killed by Hector, nor is Big Ajax killed by Hector for that matter, and Achilles is not smarter than all the Greeks because he is an atheist.

    late to the party « paper fruit 2009

  • Meanwhile that crown of wives removes all the arms from my dwelling, and slips out the faithful sword from beneath my head: she calls Menelaus into the house and flings wide the gateway: be sure she hoped her lover would magnify the gift, and so she might quench the fame of her ill deeds of old.

    The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • She was obliged to obey, and she called Menelaus in her own voice, and Diomede in the voice of his wife, and Ulysses in the very voice of Penelope.

    Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities Andrew Lang 1878

  • He also carried with him Onias the high priest, who was also called Menelaus; for Lysias advised the king to slay Menelaus, if he would have the Jews be quiet, and cause him no further disturbance, for that this man was the origin of all the mischief the Jews had done them, by persuading his father to compel the Jews to leave the religion of their fathers.

    Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

  • For it would be ridiculous to call Menelaus a conqueror when he shot Podes, a man at a great distance, before he thought of or could provide against his danger, and yet not allow him the reward of conquest over him whom he made fly and sneak into the embraces of his wife, and whom he spoiled of his arms whilst he was yet alive, and who had himself offered the challenge, by the articles of which Menelaus now appeared to be the conqueror.

    Symposiacs 2004

  • For it would be ridiculous to call Menelaus a conqueror when he shot Podes, a man at a great distance, before he thought of or could provide against his danger, and yet not allow him the reward of conquest over him whom he made fly and sneak into the embraces of his wife, and whom he spoiled of his arms whilst he was yet alive, and who had himself offered the challenge, by the articles of which Menelaus now appeared to be the conqueror.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • Sir Peter Parker, captain of the frigate "Menelaus," lost his life.

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • "Menelaus," said he, "let me go back now to my own country, for I want to get home."

    The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1868

  • "Menelaus," replied Telemachus, "I want to go home at once, for when I came away I left my property without protection, and fear that while looking for my father I shall come to ruin myself, or find that something valuable has been stolen during my absence."

    The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1868

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