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In Greek mythology, Menelaus, king of Spartaancient Greek city-state, was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and the brother of the great warrior AgamemnonGreek king and commander of Greek forces in the Trojan War; later killed by his wife, Clytemnestra. Menelaus's beautiful wife, Helen, the daughter of Zeusin Greek mythology, king of the gods and husband of Hera (Roman god Jupiter) and a woman called Leda, was at the center of the events that led to the Trojan War.

Before her marriage to Menelaus, Helen lived with Leda and Leda's husband, King Tyndareus of Sparta. When the time came for Helen to marry, she had many suitors. To prevent any violence against her future husband, the Greek warrior Odysseus made his countrymen swear to protect the man...