Menelaus

E109281

Greek mythological figure character in Greek mythology mythological king

Menelaus is the legendary king of Sparta in Greek mythology, husband of Helen, and a central figure in the events surrounding the Trojan War.

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Label	Occurrences
Menelaus canonical	53

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek mythological figure ⓘ character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological king ⓘ
abductorOfSpouse	Paris ⓘ
afterlifeDestination	Elysian Fields ⓘ
ally	Agamemnon ⓘ Ajax the Greater ⓘ Diomedes ⓘ Nestor ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ
associatedPlace	Sparta ⓘ surface form: Lacedaemon
associatedSanctuary	Menelaion ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Trojan War ⓘ
brother	Agamemnon ⓘ
causeOfWar	abduction of Helen ⓘ
child	Hermione ⓘ
commanderOf	Spartan forces at Troy ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalInfluence	subject of ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ subject of later art and literature ⓘ
enemy	Paris ⓘ Trojans ⓘ
epithet	blond-haired ⓘ dear to Ares ⓘ war-loving ⓘ
father	Atreus ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
house	Atreid dynasty ⓘ
literaryRole	central figure in Trojan cycle ⓘ
mentionedIn	Cypria ⓘ Andromache (Euripides) ⓘ surface form: Euripides' Andromache Euripides' Helen ⓘ Electra (Euripides) ⓘ surface form: Euripides' Orestes Homer's Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ Little Iliad ⓘ Oresteia ⓘ
mother	Aerope ⓘ
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
participantIn	Duel with Paris ⓘ Trojan War ⓘ surface form: Siege of Troy
possibleChild	Megapenthes ⓘ Nicostratus ⓘ
protectedBy	Aphrodite ⓘ Athena ⓘ Hera ⓘ
realm	Sparta ⓘ
spouse	Helen of Troy ⓘ
title	King of Sparta ⓘ
victoryOver	Paris ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Telemachus → meets → Menelaus ⓘ

Helen of Troy → spouse → Menelaus ⓘ

Helen of Troy → husband → Menelaus ⓘ

Atreid dynasty → hasMember → Menelaus ⓘ

Atreid dynasty → hasMainFigure → Menelaus ⓘ

Patroclus → bodyRetrievedBy → Menelaus ⓘ

Trojan cycle → associatedWithHero → Menelaus ⓘ

Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) → featuresCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

subject surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis

Trojan War → hasParticipant → Menelaus ⓘ

Agamemnon → sibling → Menelaus ⓘ

Nostoi (Returns) → featuresCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

subject surface form: Nostoi

Ajax (Sophocles) → featuresCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

Trojan Women (Euripides) → featuresCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

subject surface form: Trojan Women

Nestor → counselorTo → Menelaus ⓘ

Heroic Age → associatedWith → Menelaus ⓘ

Paris → enemy → Menelaus ⓘ

Paris → duelWith → Menelaus ⓘ

Tyndareus → fatherInLawOf → Menelaus ⓘ

Helen → spouse → Menelaus ⓘ

Megapenthes (mythological) → relatedTo → Menelaus ⓘ

subject surface form: Megapenthes

Little Iliad → featuresCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

Pleistrus → father → Menelaus ⓘ

Pleistrus → notableRelative → Menelaus ⓘ

Hermione → childOf → Menelaus ⓘ

Hermione → father → Menelaus ⓘ

Nicostratus → father → Menelaus ⓘ

Nicostratus → parent → Menelaus ⓘ

Cypria → includesCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

Posthomerica → featuresCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

Achaeans → ledBy → Menelaus ⓘ

Achaeans → notableHero → Menelaus ⓘ

Demophon → associatedWith → Menelaus ⓘ

Atreus → fatherOf → Menelaus ⓘ

Atreus → hasChild → Menelaus ⓘ

Pelops → descendant → Menelaus ⓘ

Tantalus → ancestorOf → Menelaus ⓘ

Chrysothemis → relative → Menelaus ⓘ

House of Atreus myth cycle → associatedWith → Menelaus ⓘ

Aegisthus → relatedTo → Menelaus ⓘ

Pleisthenes → father → Menelaus ⓘ

Pleisthenes → notableRelatives → Menelaus ⓘ

The Private Life of Helen of Troy → portraysFictionalCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

Helen of Troy in The Trojan Women → formerSpouseOf → Menelaus ⓘ

Andromache → mainCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

subject surface form: Andromache (play)

Ajax → mainCharacter → Menelaus ⓘ

subject surface form: Ajax (Sophocles)

Euphorbus → wasKilledBy → Menelaus ⓘ

Euphorbus → armorContestedBy → Menelaus ⓘ

Hippodamia → relative → Menelaus ⓘ

Deiphobus → killedBy → Menelaus ⓘ

Paris – Orlando Bloom → enemy → Menelaus ⓘ

subject surface form: Paris (Orlando Bloom)