- Information
- son of Atreus, husband of Helen
- Son of
- 👤 Aerope (Argive) 👤 Atreus 👤 Cleolla 👤 Creousa (d. of Telestor) 👤 Pleisthenes
- Descendant of
- 👤 Pelops (Pisan)
- Father of
- 👤 Hermione (Spartan) 👤 Megapenthes (Spartan) 👤 Nicostratos 👤 Xenodamos
- Husband of
- 👤 Helen
- Has children with
- 👤 Cnossia 👤 Helen 👤 Mother of Megapenthes (name unknown) 👤 Pieris 👤 Tereis
- Leader of
- 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👥 the Lacedaimon contingent at Troy (attackers)
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👥 the Lacedaimon contingent at Troy (attackers) 👥 the Suitors of Helen
- Eponym of
- 🌍 Menelaites Nome (Egypt) 🌍 Menelaon (Egypt) 🏛️ Spring Menelais (Arcadia)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Laconia 🌍 Messenia 🌍 Oitylos (Laconia) 🌍 Pherai (Messenia) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia)
- Creates
- 🏛️ the Cenotaph of Agamemnon (Egypt) 🏛️ the Plane Tree (Caphyai)
- Kills
- 👤 Adrastos (Trojan II) 👤 Deiphobos (Trojan) 👤 Dolops (Trojan) 👤 Euphorbos (Trojan) 👤 Harpalion 👤 Hyperenor (Trojan) 👤 Peisandros (Trojan I) 👤 Podes 👤 Pylaimenes (Paphlagonian) 👤 Scamandrios (Trojan) 👤 Thoas (Trojan)
- Competes in
- ⏳ the Funeral Games of Patroclos (Troy)
- Wounded by
- 🏺 the Bow of Pandaros👤 Pandaros (Lycian I)
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Menelaos (Therapne)
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Elysian Fields 🌍 the Underworld
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the House of Menelaos (Sparta)
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Dagger of Menelaos or Alexander 🏺 the Shield of Menelaos
- Depictions
- 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Rhamnous (Attica) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🏛️ the Temple of Hera (Olympia) 🏛️ the Temple of Nemesis (Rhamnous)💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Lesche of the Cnidians (Delphi) 💠 the Statue of Nemesis (Rhamnous)💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 🖌️ Athenian Red-Figure Kantharos attributed to the Eretria Painter (MArTA 177009; Beazley 8063; LIMC Agenor II Suppl.)🖌️ Attic Red-figure Calyx Krater attributed to the Niobid Painter (Ferrara 2895; Beazley 206949; LIMC Aineias 91)🖌️ Fragments of Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora (RD Milns 85.2740; Beazley 23188)🖌️ Wall paintings from Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i7-p11-space-17)🖌️ Wall paintings from the House of Menander, Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i10-p4-space-4)
- Related Entities
- ⏳ the Funeral Games of Patroclos (Troy) 🌍 Apollonia (Illyria) 🌍 Arabia 🌍 Aulis (Boiotia) 🌍 Cape Geraistos (Euboia) 🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia) 🌍 Cape Sounion (Attica)🌍 Cranae (unlocatable) 🌍 Crete (island) 🌍 Cyprus (island) 🌍 Cythera (island) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Gadeira (Spain) 🌍 Iberia (W. Europe) 🌍 India 🌍 Ithaca (island) 🌍 Laconia 🌍 Lesbos (island) 🌍 Libya (region) 🌍 Lindos (Rhodes) 🌍 Menelaites Nome (Egypt) 🌍 Menelaon (Egypt) 🌍 Messenia 🌍 Mount Olympos (Troad) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Oitylos (Laconia) 🌍 Pharos (Egypt) 🌍 Pherai (Messenia) 🌍 Phoinicia 🌍 Pylos (Messenia) 🌍 Sidon (Phoinicia) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Tenedos (island) 🌍 Thebes (Egypt) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 Venetia (Italy) 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🌍 the Citadel of Troy 🌍 the Elysian Fields 🌍 the Erythraian Sea 🌍 the Land of the Eremboi 🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)🌍 the Plain of Troy 🌍 the Sanctuary of Aphrodite Migonitis (Laconia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia (Lindos) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🌍 the Underworld 🏛️ Spring Menelais (Arcadia) 🏛️ the Cenotaph of Agamemnon (Egypt) 🏛️ the House of Alexander and Helen (Troy) 🏛️ the House of Menelaos (Sparta) 🏛️ the Palace of Odysseus (Ithaca) 🏛️ the Palace of Priam (Troy) 🏛️ the Plane Tree (Caphyai) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo Thymbraios (Thymbra) 🏛️ the Temple of Athena (Troy) 🏛️ the Tomb of Menelaos (Therapne) 🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles 🏺 the Bow of Pandaros🏺 the Breastplate of Lycaon🏺 the Dagger of Menelaos or Alexander 🏺 the Drug of Helen 🏺 the Leather Cap of Alexander 🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Menelaos 🏺 the Shield of Euphorbos 🏺 the Shield of Menelaos 🏺 the Ships of Alexander 🏺 the Silver Bowl of Phaidimos🏺 the Statue of Thetis 🏺 the Statues of the Praxidikai 🏺 the Trojan Horse 👤 Acamas (Athenian) 👤 Acamas (Thracian) 👤 Achilles 👤 Adrastos (Trojan II) 👤 Aerope (Argive) 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Agapenor 👤 Agenor (Trojan I) 👤 Aiacos 👤 Aias (the greater) 👤 Aias (the lesser) 👤 Aineias 👤 Aitha (horse) 👤 Alcandre 👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) 👤 Alexander (Trojan) 👤 Amphilochos (epigonos) 👤 Amphimachos (Elian I) 👤 Amphimedon 👤 Anaxibia (Mycenaean) 👤 Antenor (Trojan) 👤 Anticlos 👤 Antilochos (Pylian) 👤 Antimachos (Trojan) 👤 Antiphates (Argive) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Ascalaphos (Orchomenian) 👤 Asphalion 👤 Athena 👤 Atreus 👤 Bias (Argive) 👤 Brother of Oinoe (name unknown) 👤 Canopos (helmsman) 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Catreus (eponym) 👤 Cinados 👤 Cinyras 👤 Cleolla 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Cnossia 👤 Coiranos (Corinthian I) 👤 Creousa (d. of Telestor) 👤 Deiphobos (Trojan) 👤 Deipyros 👤 Demophon (Athenian) 👤 Diomedes (Argive) 👤 Dolops (Trojan) 👤 Eidothea 👤 Elephenor 👤 Epistrophos (Phocian) 👤 Epochos (Attic) 👤 Eteoneus (Spartan) 👤 Eumelos (Pheraian) 👤 Euphorbos (Trojan) 👤 Eurypylos (Thessalian) 👤 Glaucos (Trojan I) 👤 Harpalion 👤 Hector (Trojan) 👤 Helen 👤 Helenos (Trojan) 👤 Hera 👤 Hermione (Spartan) 👤 Hippeus (Spartan) 👤 Hyperenor (Trojan) 👤 Ialmenos 👤 Idaios (Trojan II) 👤 Idomeneus (Cretan) 👤 Iris 👤 Leitos 👤 Leonteus 👤 Machaon 👤 Manto (d. of Polyidos) 👤 Megapenthes (Spartan) 👤 Meges 👤 Melampous 👤 Menestheus (Athenian) 👤 Meriones 👤 Mother of Megapenthes (name unknown) 👤 Neoptolemos 👤 Nestor 👤 Nicostratos 👤 Noemon (Pylian) 👤 Odysseus 👤 Oicles 👤 Oineus (Calydonian) 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Pandaros (Lycian I) 👤 Patroclos (Myrmidon) 👤 Peisandros (Trojan I) 👤 Peisistratos (Pylian I) 👤 Peleus 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Peneleos (Theban) 👤 Penelope 👤 Periclymenos (Argonaut) 👤 Phaidimos (Phoinician) 👤 Philoctetes 👤 Phocos (Aiginetan) 👤 Phoinix (Dolopian) 👤 Phrontis (Spartan) 👤 Pieris 👤 Pleisthenes 👤 Podaleirios 👤 Podarces (Thessalian) 👤 Podes 👤 Polybos (Egyptian) 👤 Polydamna 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Polyidos (Corinthian) 👤 Polypheides (Argive) 👤 Polypoites (Thessalian) 👤 Polyxenos (Elian II) 👤 Poseidon 👤 Priam 👤 Pronoe (d. of Melampous)👤 Protesilaos 👤 Proteus (Egyptian) 👤 Pylaimenes (Paphlagonian) 👤 Rhadamanthys 👤 Scamandrios (Trojan) 👤 Schedios (Phocian I) 👤 Sinon 👤 Son of Castor (Odyssean persona) 👤 Sthenelos (Argive) 👤 Talthybios 👤 Telamon (Salamian) 👤 Telemachos 👤 Tereis 👤 Teucros (Salamian) 👤 Thalpios 👤 Theano (Trojan) 👤 Theoclymenos (s. of Coiranos)👤 Thoas (Aitolian) 👤 Thoas (Trojan) 👤 Thon 👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean) 👤 Tyndareos 👤 Xenodamos 👤 Zeus 👤 [...]bios (b. of Agamemnon)👤 the Eidolon of Helen 👥 the Cephallenian contingent at Troy (attackers) 👥 the Defenders of Troy 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👥 the Lacedaimon contingent at Troy (attackers) 👥 the Mares of Anchises👥 the Mares of Eumelos👥 the Paphlagonia contingent at Troy (defenders) 👥 the Pylos contingent at Troy (attackers) 👥 the Suitors of Helen 👥 the Suitors of Penelope on Ithaca 👥 the Trojan Captives of Menelaos 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Lesche of the Cnidians (Delphi) 💠 the Statue of Nemesis (Rhamnous)💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai)
- Appears in
- 📜 Cypria Argumentum 2 West📜 Cypria Argumentum 4 West📜 Cypria Argumentum 6 West📜 Cypria Argumentum 8 West📜 Cypria fr. 18 West📜 Cypria fr. 19 West📜 Cypria fr. 8 West📜 Lindos Chronicle B10📜 Lindos Chronicle B12📜 Little Iliad Argumentum 2 West📜 Little Iliad fr. 28 West📜 Nostoi Argumentum 1 West📜 Nostoi Argumentum 5 West📜 Sack of Troy Argumentum 2 West📜 Sack of Troy Argumentum 2-4 West📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.15📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.15-2.16📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.16📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.1-3.5📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.11-3.14📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.12📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.28-3.29📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.3📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.6-3.27📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.9📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 4.1📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.21📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.22📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.1-6.30📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.30📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.8-3.10.9📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.11.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.11.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.2.2📜 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 15📜 Bacchylides, Odes 11📜 Cinaithon fr. 3 West📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 19.326📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.107📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.339📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 3.443📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 5.64📜 Eumelos fr. 33 West📜 Euripides, Cyclops 175-202📜 Euripides, Trojan Women 122-137📜 Euripides, Trojan Women 860-879📜 Euripides, Trojan Women 940-944📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 137b Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 137c Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 138 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 154a-e Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 155 Most📜 Hesiod fr. 242 Most📜 Hesiod fr. 247 Most📜 Hesiod fr. 248 Most📜 Hesiod fr. 249 Most📜 Homer, Iliad 11.122-11.135📜 Homer, Iliad 11.472-11.488📜 Homer, Iliad 13.581-13.600📜 Homer, Iliad 13.601-13.619📜 Homer, Iliad 13.643-13.659📜 Homer, Iliad 14.508-14.522📜 Homer, Iliad 15.518-15.543📜 Homer, Iliad 16.311-16.316📜 Homer, Iliad 17.43-17.69📜 Homer, Iliad 17.547-17.560📜 Homer, Iliad 17.567-17.581📜 Homer, Iliad 17.651-17.699📜 Homer, Iliad 17.715-17.734📜 Homer, Iliad 17.9-17.43📜 Homer, Iliad 2.402-2.431📜 Homer, Iliad 2.581-2.590📜 Homer, Iliad 23.287-23.538📜 Homer, Iliad 23.566-23.623📜 Homer, Iliad 3.161-3.170📜 Homer, Iliad 3.203-3.224📜 Homer, Iliad 3.228-3.238📜 Homer, Iliad 3.267-3.323📜 Homer, Iliad 3.30-3.38📜 Homer, Iliad 3.330-3.382📜 Homer, Iliad 3.369-3.382📜 Homer, Iliad 3.369-3.447📜 Homer, Iliad 3.436-3.447📜 Homer, Iliad 3.85-3.110📜 Homer, Iliad 4.1-4.19📜 Homer, Iliad 4.127-4.140📜 Homer, Iliad 4.192-4.219📜 Homer, Iliad 4.85-4.140📜 Homer, Iliad 5.48-5.58📜 Homer, Iliad 5.576-5.590📜 Homer, Iliad 6.37-6.65📜 Homer, Iliad 7.365-7.397📜 Homer, Odyssey 1.271-1.305📜 Homer, Odyssey 13.287-13.440📜 Homer, Odyssey 14.459-14.506📜 Homer, Odyssey 15.160-15.181📜 Homer, Odyssey 15.99-15.129📜 Homer, Odyssey 24.98-24.204📜 Homer, Odyssey 3.130-3.150📜 Homer, Odyssey 3.151-3.183📜 Homer, Odyssey 3.276-3.303📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.1-4.19📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.120-4.137📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.20-4.36📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.216-4.218📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.219-4.234📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.265-4.289📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.351-4.461📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.561-4.569📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.581-4.584📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.609-4.624📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.68-4.89📜 Homer, Odyssey 8.485-8.520📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 27.1-27.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 4.1 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture 8📜 Lucian, Judgement of the Goddesses 13-16📜 Lucian, The Runaways 18📜 Lucian, The Scythian, or the Consul 9📜 Ovid, Amores 1.10📜 Pausanias 1.33.8📜 Pausanias 10.16.4📜 Pausanias 10.25.2-10.25.3📜 Pausanias 10.26.2-10.26.4📜 Pausanias 10.26.7-10.26.8📜 Pausanias 2.17.3📜 Pausanias 2.18.6📜 Pausanias 3.1.5📜 Pausanias 3.18.13📜 Pausanias 3.18.16📜 Pausanias 3.22.1-3.22.2📜 Pausanias 3.22.10📜 Pausanias 5.18.1-5.18.3📜 Pausanias 5.22.2📜 Pausanias 5.8.3-5.8.4📜 Pausanias 8.23.4📜 Pausanias 8.23.4-8.23.5📜 Pausanias 8.53.5📜 Pindar, Isthmian 5 26-50📜 Pindar, Isthmian 8 49-60📜 Pindar, Nemean 7 17-49📜 Pomponius Mela 2.103📜 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 17📜 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 25📜 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 23📜 Strabo 1.2.30-1.2.35📜 Strabo 10.2.24📜 Strabo 10.3.14📜 Strabo 13.1.52-13.1.53📜 Strabo 17.1.16-17.1.19📜 Strabo 17.1.34📜 Strabo 17.3.22📜 Strabo 3.2.12-3.2.13📜 Strabo 8.3.28-8.3.29📜 Strabo 8.4.1📜 Strabo 8.5.8📜 Strabo 8.6.10
- Mentioned in Text
- Cypria Lindos Chronicle Little Iliad Nostoi Sack of TroyApollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryBacchylides, DithyrambsBacchylides, OdesCinaithonD-Scholia, IliadEumelosEuripides, CyclopsEuripides, Trojan WomenHesiod, EhoiaiHesiodHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucian, Essays in PortraitureLucian, Judgement of the GoddessesLucian, The RunawaysLucian, The Scythian, or the ConsulOvid, AmoresPausaniasPindar, Isthmian 5Pindar, Isthmian 8Pindar, Nemean 7Pomponius MelaPs-Lucian, CharidemosPs-Lucian, The PatriotStrabo