# Menelaus — The Odyssey character guide

> Menelaus in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Atrides, fair-haired Menelaus, godlike Menelaus, King Menelaus, the valiant Menelaus

**First appearance:** 0004-book-iii-interview-of-telemachus-with-nestor

## Who they are

The king of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon, who hosts Telemachus and tells of Ulysses.

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