HMS Menelaus (1810)
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HMS Menelaus was a Royal Navy 38-gun fifth rate frigate, launched in 1810 at Plymouth.
Menelaus as a quarantine hulk off Binstead, near Motherbank
Menelaus
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In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a king of Sparta. According to the Iliad, the Trojan War began as a result of Menelaus' wife, Helen, fleeing to Troy with the Trojan prince Paris. Menelaus was a centr
HMS Menelaus (1810)
…HMS Menelaus (in centre) by William Innes Pocock R.N. History United Kingdom Name HMS Menelaus Namesake Menelaus Ordered 28 September 1808 Builder Plymouth Dockyard Laid down November 1808 Launched 17 April 1810 Completed 21 June 1810 Fate Sold to be broken up…
Marble bust of Menelaus, Vatican Museums
Menelaus captures Helen in Troy, detail of fresco in Pompeii
Menelaus regains Helen, detail of an Attic red-figure crater, c. 450–440 BC, found in Gnatia (now Egnazia, Italy).
Menelaus and Meriones lifting Patroclus's corpse on a cart while Odysseus looks on; alabaster urn, Etruscan artwork from Volterra, 2nd century BC