Menelaus
Born c. 1230 BCE
King of Sparta whose wife's abduction started the Trojan War.
Menelaus is a Greek king from legend and epic tradition.
This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.
- Known as
- Greek king
- Category
- Legends & Epics
- Born
- c. 1230 BCE
From the same age of legend
- Alcinous Born c. 1230 BCE, king of the Phaeacians
- Demodocus Born c. 1230 BCE, blind bard
- Menestheus Born c. 1230 BCE, leader of Athens
- Tiresias Died c. 1200 BCE, blind seer
- Arete Born c. 1225 BCE, queen of the Phaeacians
- Eumaeus Born c. 1225 BCE, swineherd
Portrait: sonofgroucho, CC BY 2.0.
