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| − | Described as "fair-haired" by [[Homer]] in the [[Iliad]], Menelaus the mythological king of [[Sparta]]. He was the son of [[Atreus]] and brother of [[Agamemnon]] who had won the hand of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]] the most beautiful woman on Earth. It is said that all of Helen's suitors - including King [[Idomeneus]] of [[Crete]], [[Ajax]] of [[Salamis (Greece)|Salamis]], etc - had promised that they would support the winner should he ever have need of it. Thus started the [[Trojan War]], when [[Helen]] was seduced by Trojan prince [[Paris]] and Menelaus asked his wife's former suitors to make good on their pledge. | + | Described as "fair-haired" by [[Homer]] in the [[Iliad]], Menelaus the mythological king of [[Sparta]]. He was the son of [[Atreus]] and brother of [[Agamemnon]] who had won the hand of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]] the most beautiful woman on Earth. It is said that all of Helen's suitors - including King [[Idomeneus]] of [[Crete]], [[Ajax]] of [[Salamis (Greece)|Salamis]], etc - had promised that they would support the winner should he ever have need of it. Thus started the [[Trojan War]], when [[Helen of Troy|Helen]] was seduced by Trojan prince [[Paris]] and Menelaus asked his wife's former suitors to make good on their pledge. |
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Revision as of 14:41, September 23, 2005
Described as "fair-haired" by Homer in the Iliad, Menelaus the mythological king of Sparta. He was the son of Atreus and brother of Agamemnon who had won the hand of Helen the most beautiful woman on Earth. It is said that all of Helen's suitors - including King Idomeneus of Crete, Ajax of Salamis, etc - had promised that they would support the winner should he ever have need of it. Thus started the Trojan War, when Helen was seduced by Trojan prince Paris and Menelaus asked his wife's former suitors to make good on their pledge.