Did Hector Kill Menelaus?
Did Hector Kill Menelaus?Answer: In the Warner Bros. movie “Troy,” Menelaus is the feeble, old husband of Helen, the ruler of Sparta, and the brother of Agamemnon, head king of all the Greeks. Paris seeks Menelaus for hand-to-hand combat for the hand of Helen. After Paris is injured, Hector kills Menelaus rather than let Menelaus kill his brother. The legend is somewhat different. As is shown in the movie, Menelaus did receive Paris as a guest in his home. When Paris left Sparta, he took Helen with him back to Troy. When Menelaus discovered his wife and the mother of their daughter Hermione was missing and that his former guest was responsible, he asked his brother Agamemnon for help regaining his wife and punishing this outrage. Agamemnon agreed, and after rounding up the other former suitors of Helen — with their troops — the Greeks set off for Troy. In the movie “Troy,” the gods have been relegated to the
