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1. Menelaus: Menelaus, in Greek legend, son of Atreus (or Pleisthenes), king of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen. He was one of the Greeks who entered Troy concealed in the wooden horse (Virgil, Aeneid, ii. and recovered his wife ... [100%] 2022-09-02
2. Menelaus: Menelaus was a king of ancient Sparta in Greek mythology. He was a central figure in the Trojan War, being the husband of Helen who was abducted by Paris. [100%] 2023-03-23
3. Menelaus: MENELAUS men-e-la'-us (Menelaos): According to the less likely account of Josephus (Ant., XII, v, 1; XV, iii, 1; XX, x, 3), Menelaus was a brother of Jason and Onias III, and his name was really Onias. But ... [100%] 1915-01-01
4. Menelaus: Menelaus (also Menelaos) is a figure from ancient Greek mythology and literature who was the king of Sparta and the husband of beautiful Helen, whose abduction by the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the legendary Trojan War. The story is ... [100%] 2020-03-13
5. Menelaus: Or Meneleis (Μενέλεις), a son of Atreus, and younger brother of Agamemnon and Anaxibia. [100%] 1997-03-03
6. Menelaus (crater): Menelaus (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/) is a young lunar impact crater located on the southern shore of Mare Serenitatis near the eastern end of the Montes Hæmus mountain range. Its diameter is 27 km. (Crater) [70%] 2023-12-11 [Impact craters on the Moon]
7. 1647 Menelaus: 1647 Menelaus /mɛnəˈleɪəs/ is a mid-sized Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 42 kilometers (26 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 23 June 1957 by American astronomer Seth Nicholson at the Palomar Observatory in California, and later ... (Astronomy) [70%] 2023-12-12 [Named minor planets]
8. 1647 Menelaus: 1647 Menelaus é um asteroide troiano de Júpiter. Foi descoberto em 23 de junho de 1957 por Seth Barnes Nicholson e recebeu o nome do herói grego Menelau. [70%] 2023-12-23
9. Jane Menelaus: Jane Menelaus (born 1959) is an Australian actress who trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England. Jane Menelaus has worked with both the South Australian and Melbourne Theatre Companies. (Australian actress (born 1959)) [70%] 2023-12-12 [Australian television actresses] [Australian film actresses]...
10. USS Menelaus: USS Menelaus (ARL-13) was laid down as a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship but converted to one of 39 Achelous-class repair ships that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named ... [70%] 2024-01-20 [Achelous-class repair ships] [Achelous-class repair ships converted from LST-542-class ships]...
11. Menelaus theorem: A theorem on the relations between the lengths of the segments on the sides of a triangle determined by an intersecting straight line. It asserts that if the given line intersects the sides of a triangle $ABC$ (or their extensions ... (Mathematics) [70%] 2023-12-11
12. William Menelaus: William Menelaus (10 March 1818 – 30 March 1882) was a Scottish-born mechanical engineer, who made his name and fortune as the works manager at the Dowlais Ironworks in South Wales. Born in East Lothian on 10 March 1818, his ... [70%] 2024-06-26 [People from East Lothian] [1818 births]...
13. Menelaus of Alexandria: Menelaus of Alexandria (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/; Greek: Μενέλαος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Menelaos ho Alexandreus; c. 70 – 140 CE) was a Greek mathematician and astronomer, the first to recognize geodesics on a curved surface as natural analogs of straight lines. (Biography) [57%] 2023-12-11 [Ancient Greek astronomers] [2nd-century mathematicians]...
14. Menelaus of Macedon: Menelaus of Macedon (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/; Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos) may refer to. [57%] 2024-02-09 [Ancient Macedonians]
15. Menelaus of Alexandria: Menelaus of Alexandria was a Greek astronomer, scientist, and mathematician who lived around 100 CE. Menelaus made a significant and lasting contribution to the fields of astronomy, geometry, and trigonometry. His major work, the Spherics survives and presents what is ... [57%] 2020-03-12
16. Menelaus (Known Also As Onias): High priest from 171 to about 161 B. successor of Jason, the brother of Onias III. The sources are divided as to his origin. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
17. Morpho menelaus: The Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) is one of thirty species of butterfly in the subfamily Morphinae. Its wingspan is approximately 12 cm (4.7"), and its dorsal forewings and hindwings are a bright, iridescent blue edged with black, while ... (Species of butterfly) [70%] 2023-12-12 [Morpho] [Nymphalidae of South America]...
18. Morpho menelaus: Espèce Morpho menelaus, le Morpho bleu, est une espèce d'insectes lépidoptères (papillons) qui appartient à la famille des nymphalidés, sous-famille des Morphinae, à la tribu des Morphini et au genre Morpho. Morpho menelaus est un très grand papillon, d'une ... [70%] 2024-05-19
19. Megapenthes (son of Menelaus): In Greek mythology, Megapenthes (Ancient Greek: Μεγαπένθης), the illegitimate son of Menelaus, king of Mycenaean Sparta, by a slave. He married Alector's daughter, Iphiloche (or Echemela). (Son of Menelaus) [50%] 2023-12-11 [Princes in Greek mythology] [Laconian characters in Greek mythology]...
20. Philip (son of Menelaus): Philip (Ancient Greek: Φίλιππος), son of Menelaus was a Macedonian general of Alexander from the beginning of the Asiatic expedition. In the battle of Granicus (334 BC) he commanded the allied cavalry from Peloponnesus. (Son of Menelaus) [50%] 2024-02-27 [Ancient Macedonian generals] [4th-century BC Macedonians]...