Menelaus (Agiade)
Menelaus ( Greek Μενέλαος Menelaus ) is in Greek mythology , the seventh king of Sparta from the House of Agiaden . His successor was Archelaus .
Menelaus only appears in Excerpta Latina Barbari , where 44 years of reign are assigned to him. There he is called Cemenelaus . This is regarded as a translation error , as the translator, whose name was unknown, had little knowledge of Greek . The original Greek text for καὶ Μενέλαος (and Menelaus) is being reconstructed.
Since the king does not appear in either Herodotus or Pausanias , his existence is often doubted.
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- Excerpta Latina Barbari 218, 42.
- Jerome, Chronicon