Definitions for Menelaus

Menelaus Men·e·la·us

Spelling: [men-l-ey-uh s]
IPA: /ˌmɛn lˈeɪ əs/

Menelaus is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 295 anagrams from letters in Menelaus (aeelmnsu).

Definitions for Menelaus

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  1. Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.

Examples for Menelaus

Menelaus, her husband, ill-used her; and there never was any siege of Troy at all.

Thus he spoke; nor did Menelaus, good in the din of war, disobey.

Minerva then persuades Pandarus to break the truce by aiming an arrow at Menelaus.

Thus Menelaus rejoiced, having beheld with his eyes godlike Alexander.

For Alexander and Mars-beloved Menelaus are about to fight with long spears for the woman.

Euphorbus, attempting to despoil Patroclus of his armour, is slain by Menelaus.

Aided by some divine meddling, Paris performs the consummate indignity against his host Menelaus by absconding with his wife.

There he was kindly received by Menelaus, the king, and his wife, Fair Helen.

Being rebuked by Hector, he consents to engage Menelaus, and a treaty is arranged.

Often did Mars-beloved Menelaus entertain him in our palace, when he would come from Crete.

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