# Menelaus — Troilus and Cressida character guide

> Menelaus in Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Menelaus Aeneas

**First appearance:** 0005-act-i-scene-iii

## Who they are

Greek king, husband of Helen; fights to retrieve her from Troy.

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