Menelaus

Annotated Bibliography Menelaus was a king of Sparta in ancient Greek mythology and was married to Helen. His immediate family members were his parents Atreus and Aerope, and his brother Agamemnon who was ruler of the city of Mycenae. Menaleus was one of the main characters in the Trojan War. When Menelaus and Agamemnon were children, their father, Atreus battled with his brother, their Uncle, Thyestes. Atrius and Thyestes could not agree about who would be the king of the city of Mycenae

sparking curiosity and desire in men of all nations to see the woman who was titled “The most beautiful woman on earth”. Among those curious minds was King Menelaus of Sparta whose brother Agamemnon King of Atreus was married to Helen’s sister Clytemnestra. Menelaus took Helen as his wife, thus making her Helen of Sparta. According to many sources Menelaus made every man vowed to protect Helen with their life, and that day would come when they would have to do just

Aphrodite, smiling, placed a chair for her, opposite of Paris. Helen sat down and turning her head said rudely: Helen (Candace) – “Back from war? You should have died out there, Beaten by a hero, my husband. You use to brag, you were better than Menelaus. You’re a good warrior. Why don’t you go challenge him to fight once

Paris then took her back to Troy. Menelaus heard and the ex-suitors of Helen made a deal with Agamemnon saying that If the princess of Grease won that Menelaus would get Helen back and Agamemnon would get Troy. Rumors have it that Odysseus the king of Ithaca, was sent on a journey to find you and persuade you to join the war between the princes of

a province within Homeric Greece, the wife of King Menelaus. Her abduction by Paris, Prince of Troy, brought about the Trojan War. Elements of her putative biography come from classical authors such as Aristophanes, Cicero, Euripides and Homer (both The Iliad and The Odyssey). In her youth she was abducted by, or eloped with, Theseus, and in some accounts bore him a child. A competition between her suitors for her hand in marriage sees Menelaus emerge victorious.

wife from Menelaus. Paris may not have known that taking Helen would have resulted in the Trojan War; however, he still accepted Helen as a bribe, making him an extremely greedy person. After seeing all the bloodshed and lives at the hands of Paris, he should’ve realized that he needed to return Helen. Anyone with the lowest sense of morality would realize that the right thing to do is to return Helen. Paris was lucky enough to be saved by Aphrodite after he was nearly killed by Menelaus. In the last

” and told him to choose the fairest goddess between three. Paris ludicrously chose the goddess who offered him the most beautiful woman. This woman was Helen, queen of Sparta. But Paris stole her from her husband and refused to give her back to Menelaus. The American-Indian war commenced in a similar fashion. The French and the Indians fought against the English and the Americans for the land. The land originally belonged to the Indians but they fought the Americans to get it back and to reduce

when Menelaus demanded the return of his wife, and the Trojan people refused. Menelaus asked his brother to lead an army to help free his beloved wife, and defeat Troy. Menelaus gather the best and greatest Greek heroes and formed his army. The army included Achilles,

The Iliad by Homer depicts the great struggle by Agamemnon and the Greeks to take the mighty city state of Troy and return Helen to her rightful husband, Menelaus. While many ponder if the war actually happened, or why the gods always seemed to be more human than humans themselves, few ask the key but often overlooked question; why is Agamemnon the leader of the Greeks in the first place? What happened that put him in charge of the Greek forces? Why does there seem to be an underlying resentment

The Battle of Troy was historic battle that changed the way we safeguard our military bases and equipment. Many lessons were learned from the events leading to the fall of the Trojan army. The Trojan War between the Greeks and Trojans took place in the city of Troy during the Bronze Era. This was the first successful deception event conducted by an army and led the Greeks to seize and destroy the city of Troy. The elaborate plan consisted of concealing Greek soldiers inside of a large wooden horse