Menelaus

Menelaus
Keeng o Sparta
Marble bust o Menelaus
Predecessor	Tyndareus
Wife	Helen o Troy
Issue Hermione Nicostratus Megapenthes Aithiolas Maraphius Pleisthenes
Faither	Atreus
Mither	Aerope

In Greek meethologie, Menelaus (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/; Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos, frae < μένος· vigor, rage, pouer + λαός· fowk, "wrath o the fowk") wis a king o Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband o Helen o Troy, an a central figur in the Trojan War. He wis the son o Atreus an Aerope, brither o Agamemnon, king o Mycenae an, accordin tae the Iliad, leader o the Spartan contingent o the Greek airmy during the War. Prominent in baith the Iliad an Odyssey, Menelaus wus an aa popular in Greek vase pentin an Greek tragedy, the latter mair as a hero o the Trojan War nor as a member o the doomed Hoose o Atreus.