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Menelaus, the mythological king of Mycenaean Sparta, is perhaps best remembered as the husband of Helen of Troy. While lost in his wife’s shadow, his story is inexorably entwined with that of the Trojan War and the abduction of Helen, and he played a major role in both the Iliad and the Odyssey. Not only did the Trojan prince Paris kidnap his wife, kicking off the Trojan War, but Menelaus is remembered for his role as the leader of the Spartans who fought at Troy and for his seemingly endless quest to get back home to Sparta. The Family Tree of Menelaus in Greek Mythology Menelaus was the younger brother of Agamemnon, the overall commander of the Greek army. Compared
