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
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
Agamemnon
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In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War. He was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnest
Menelaus
…the Trojan prince Paris. Menelaus was a central figure in the Trojan War, leading the Spartan contingent of the Greek army, under his elder brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Prominent in both the Iliad and Odyssey, Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy, the latter more as a…
Fifth century BC depiction of Agamemnon seated while holding his scepter.
Fourth century BC depiction of Chryses attempting to ransom his daughter Chryseis from Agamemnon.
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia by Charles de La Fosse
Achilles' surrender of Briseis to Agamemnon, from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii, fresco, 1st century AD, now in the Naples National Archaeological Museum