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Menelaus is the brother of Agamemnon and the King of Sparta. His wife is Helen and he was one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War. In The Odyssey, Menelaus tries to help Telemachus find his father Odysseus.
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How does King Menelaus know Odysseus in 'The Odyssey'?
Menelaus, King of Sparta, naturtally knows Odysseus, King of Ithaca.
Why is Menelaus go to the Elysian field instead of dying as other mortals do?
well... you should read the book The Odyssey by Homer
What did Menelaus tell Telemachus about the wooden horse?
the new that menelus gives is that it was odyessu's idea of the horse
What happens to Menelaus after the Trojan war?
Of the major Greek heroes at the siege of Troy, Menelaus has one of the thinnest stories after the fall of the city.Menelaus appears in Homer's Odyssey (IV) back home in Sparta, re-united with his wife Helen. Helen is unable to bear a son to Menelaus, and the king himself seems tortured by memories of the futility and destructiveness of the war. Like most of the Greek heroes, Menelaus found the journey home difficult, and in fact was stranded in Egypt for several years.According to Euripides' Helen, Menelaus and Helen are re-united after death on the Isles of the Blessed. But Menelaus is as unhappy with his reconditioned wife after death as he was while she lived.
Who was the wife of Menelaus king of Sparta?
Helen of Troy
