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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[brother]] of [[Agamemnon]] and [[husband]] of [[Helen of Troy]] and a [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[king]] who fought in the [[Trojan War]], and was one of the elite fighters inside the [[Trojan horse]]. When [[prince]] [[Paris (Troy)|Paris]] abducted his [[wife]], this caused the ten-year conflict across the [[Aegean Sea]] between the Greek expeditionary force and the warriors of [[Troy]]. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[brother]] of [[Agamemnon]] and [[husband]] of [[Helen of Troy]] and a [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[king]] who fought in the [[Trojan War]], and was one of the elite fighters inside the [[Trojan horse]]. When [[prince]] [[Paris (Troy)|Paris]] abducted his [[wife]], this caused the ten-year conflict across the [[Aegean Sea]] between the Greek expeditionary force and the warriors of [[Troy]].

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Menelaos [r]: From Greek mythology, he was the brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen of Troy and a Greek king who fought in the Trojan War, and was one of the elite fighters inside the Trojan horse. When prince Paris abducted his wife, this caused the ten-year conflict across the Aegean Sea between the Greek expeditionary force and the warriors of Troy.