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Menelaus

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Menelaus was the king of Sparta, but he’s most famous for getting royally dumped. When his gorgeous wife Helen ran off with Paris, the pretty boy of Troy, Menelaus was beyond angry. He called up his powerful brother Agamemnon and together they drafted the who’s who of Greece to sail to Troy and avenge Menelaus’ honor. Next thing you know, the biggest army of Greeks the world had ever seen was knocking on the gates of Troy, and the Trojan War swiftly kicked into high gear. Ten years and one giant wooden horse later, Troy was in ruins, and Helen was back in her husband’s arms. The lesson here? Never make a Spartan mad.

Basic Information

Name	Menelaus
Nickname	Agamemnon's Brother
Sex	Male
Current city	Elysium

Work & Education

Occupation	King of Sparta Warrior
Education	Ares' Academy of War

Beliefs

Political views

Death to all Trojans!

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Pleisthenes (Dad) Aerope (Mom)
Siblings	Agamemnon Anaxiba
Children	Hermione (with Helen) Megapenthes (with some slave woman)
Friends	Agamemnon (my brother who really came through for me when Helen ran off) Odysseus (more like work buddies)
Enemies	Paris (who took off with my wife) Every Citizen of Troy (just because)

Relationships

Relationship status	Married to Helen (it’s extremely complicated)
Interested in	My wife (I just can’t help it. Have you seen what she looks like?)

Favorites

TV Shows	Game of Thrones Friday Night Lights Sons of Anarchy
Quotations	“No adultery is bloodless” – Natalia Ginzburg “When tears come down like falling rain, You'll toss around and call my name. You'll walk the floor the way I do. Your cheatin' heart will tell on you.” – Hank Williams “Death is the mother of beauty.” – Wallace Stevens “Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you 'Cause falling in love just makes me blue, Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see, I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.” – Tom Waits “In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman.” – Craig Bruce
Books	Anna Karenina (Here’s a heroine I love to hate. Adultery is not cool, Anna!) “No Second Troy” by William Butler Yeats A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” by Ernest Hemingway “Beat! Beat! Drums!” by Walt Whitman The Iliad by Homer (even though there should be way more of me in this one) The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (sometimes I think the shrew tamed me)
Music	Your Cheatin’ Heart by Hank Williams (kind of my anthem) I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You by Tom Waits (but I did) The Wind by the Zac Brown Band Drunk on You by Luke Bryan (makes me think of when things were good with me and Helen) Head Full of Doubt by the Avett Brothers Maneater by Hall and Oates (lookin’ at you Helen!) Somethin’ Bout a Truck by Kip Moore Warrior’s Call by Volbeat (Rock it out.)
Movies	300 (Don’t mess with Sparta!) Hot Tub Time Machine (a new classic) Anna Karenina (Grrrr...) Unfaithful Fight Club (Yeah, I definitely see myself as the Brad Pitt type.) The Hangover Apocalypse Now (Most of my life was apocalypse always.) The Dark Knight Rises

Activities & Interests

Likes	The Society for Creative Anachronisms Paintball Beauty pageants
Interests	Royal history Battle tactics
Groups	Heroes of the Trojan War Union of Kings Victims of Adultery Support Group Veterans

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