late arrival of Menelaos

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Iliad 2.402-429

Epitome from Nagy 2015 §§103:Menelaos seems to be idiosyncratic in his arrivals at sacrifices. A striking example is the passage here at I.02.402–429 where Agamemnon sacrifices an ... Continue reading

Odyssey 3.168-169

|168 ὀψὲ δὲ δὴ μετὰ νῶϊ κίε ξανθὸς Μενέλαος, |169 ἐν Λέσβῳ δ’ ἔκιχεν δολιχὸν πλόον ὁρμαίνοντας|168 He came late, golden-haired [xanthos] Menelaos did, after the two of us [= Nestor ... Continue reading