Μενέλα_ος :
Menelāus, son of Atreus and brother of
Agamemnon, the successful suitor of Helen. King in Lacedaemon, a brave
and spirited warrior, but not of the warlike temperament that
distinguishes others of the Greeks before Troy above him, Il. 17.18 ff. After the war he wanders
eight years before reaching home, Od.
4.82 ff. Epithets, ἀρήιος, ἀρηίφιλος,
διοτρεφής, δουρικλειτός, κυδάλιμος, ξανθός.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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