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1 Menelaus
Mĕnĕlāüs, i, m., = Menelaos.I.Son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen, who eloped from him with Paris, Cic. Brut. 13, 50; id. Rep. 5, 9, 14; Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34; Ov. M. 13, 203; id. A. A. 2, 359.—B.Transf., a cuckold.—II.Jestingly of M. Lucullus,
whose wife was seduced by C. Memmius, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3.—Menelaus Marathenus, a Greek rhetorician, from the old Phœnician city of Marathus, Cic. Brut. 26, 100.—III.Menelai portus, a city with a port of the same name on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Cyrene and Egypt, Nep. Ages. 8, 6; also called Menelaita urbs, Edict. Justin. 13, 9, 2.—Hence, adj.: Mĕnĕlāĕus, a, um, of Menelaus, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 14. -
2 Helena
I.Daughter of Jupiler and Leda, sister of Castor and Pollux and of Clytemnestra, and wife of Menelaüs, who, on account of her beauty, was carried off by Paris to Troy, and thus became the cause of the Trojan war, Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 55; Verg. A. 7, 364; Ov. M. 13, 200; 14, 669; Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 32; 3, 14 (4, 13), 19; Hor. C. 1, 3, 2; 4, 9, 16; id. S. 1, 3, 107; Hyg. Fab. 81 and 118:B.Penelope venit, abit Helene,
a Helen, Mart. 1, 62, 6.—Transf., in naut. lang., a single star appearing to mariners, which was regarded as an unfavorable prognostic; while a double light, which was conceived to be favorable, was called Castor and Pollux, Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 792; id. S. 3, 2, 11.—II.The surname of the mother of the emperor Constantine, Eutr. 10, 5; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41; Inscr. Grut. 284, 1. -
3 Helene
I.Daughter of Jupiler and Leda, sister of Castor and Pollux and of Clytemnestra, and wife of Menelaüs, who, on account of her beauty, was carried off by Paris to Troy, and thus became the cause of the Trojan war, Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 55; Verg. A. 7, 364; Ov. M. 13, 200; 14, 669; Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 32; 3, 14 (4, 13), 19; Hor. C. 1, 3, 2; 4, 9, 16; id. S. 1, 3, 107; Hyg. Fab. 81 and 118:B.Penelope venit, abit Helene,
a Helen, Mart. 1, 62, 6.—Transf., in naut. lang., a single star appearing to mariners, which was regarded as an unfavorable prognostic; while a double light, which was conceived to be favorable, was called Castor and Pollux, Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 792; id. S. 3, 2, 11.—II.The surname of the mother of the emperor Constantine, Eutr. 10, 5; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41; Inscr. Grut. 284, 1. -
4 Agamemnon
Ăgămemnon, ŏnis, m. (nom. Agamemno, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 47; Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17; Stat. Achill. 1, 553), = Agamemnôn, king of Mycenœ, son of Atreus and of Aërope, brother of Menelaüs, husband of Clytœmnestra, father of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra, commander-in-chief of the Grecian forces before Troy, and murdered by his wife, with the aid of Ægisthus, her paramour. — Poet., for his time:1.vixēre fortes ante Agamemnona Multi,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 25 - 28.—Hence,Ăgămemnŏnĭdēs, ae, patr. m., = Agamemnonidês, a male descendant of Agamemnon; his son Orestes:2.par Agamemnonidae crimen,
i. e. the matricide of Orestes, Juv. 8, 215.—Ăgămem-nŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Agamemnonios, of or pertaining to Agamemnon ( poet.):phalanges,
i. e. the Grecian troops before Troy, commanded by Agamemnon, Verg. A. 6, 489:Mycenae,
ruled by Agamemnon, id. ib. 6, 838:Orestes,
son of Agamemnon, id. ib. 4, 471: puella, daughter of Agamemnon, i. e. Iphigenia, Prop. 5, 1, 111. -
5 Agamemnonides
Ăgămemnon, ŏnis, m. (nom. Agamemno, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 47; Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17; Stat. Achill. 1, 553), = Agamemnôn, king of Mycenœ, son of Atreus and of Aërope, brother of Menelaüs, husband of Clytœmnestra, father of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra, commander-in-chief of the Grecian forces before Troy, and murdered by his wife, with the aid of Ægisthus, her paramour. — Poet., for his time:1.vixēre fortes ante Agamemnona Multi,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 25 - 28.—Hence,Ăgămemnŏnĭdēs, ae, patr. m., = Agamemnonidês, a male descendant of Agamemnon; his son Orestes:2.par Agamemnonidae crimen,
i. e. the matricide of Orestes, Juv. 8, 215.—Ăgămem-nŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Agamemnonios, of or pertaining to Agamemnon ( poet.):phalanges,
i. e. the Grecian troops before Troy, commanded by Agamemnon, Verg. A. 6, 489:Mycenae,
ruled by Agamemnon, id. ib. 6, 838:Orestes,
son of Agamemnon, id. ib. 4, 471: puella, daughter of Agamemnon, i. e. Iphigenia, Prop. 5, 1, 111. -
6 Agamemnonius
Ăgămemnon, ŏnis, m. (nom. Agamemno, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 47; Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17; Stat. Achill. 1, 553), = Agamemnôn, king of Mycenœ, son of Atreus and of Aërope, brother of Menelaüs, husband of Clytœmnestra, father of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra, commander-in-chief of the Grecian forces before Troy, and murdered by his wife, with the aid of Ægisthus, her paramour. — Poet., for his time:1.vixēre fortes ante Agamemnona Multi,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 25 - 28.—Hence,Ăgămemnŏnĭdēs, ae, patr. m., = Agamemnonidês, a male descendant of Agamemnon; his son Orestes:2.par Agamemnonidae crimen,
i. e. the matricide of Orestes, Juv. 8, 215.—Ăgămem-nŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Agamemnonios, of or pertaining to Agamemnon ( poet.):phalanges,
i. e. the Grecian troops before Troy, commanded by Agamemnon, Verg. A. 6, 489:Mycenae,
ruled by Agamemnon, id. ib. 6, 838:Orestes,
son of Agamemnon, id. ib. 4, 471: puella, daughter of Agamemnon, i. e. Iphigenia, Prop. 5, 1, 111.
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