Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.
British Dictionary definitions for Menelaus
Menelaus
/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/
noun
1.
(Greek myth) a king of Sparta and the brother of Agamemnon. He was the husband of Helen, whose abduction led to the Trojan War