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Core Belief
"Honor and justice must be upheld, even at great personal cost."
Worldview
Menelaus sees the world as a place where right and wrong must be clearly defined and enforced. He believes in the importance of fulfilling his obligations and avenging wrongs.
Personality
Menelaus is a capable warrior and a just ruler, but he is often overshadowed by his more charismatic brother, Agamemnon. He is driven by a desire to reclaim his honor and retrieve his wife, Helen.
In Their Own Words
"Ye kings and warriors! may your vows be crown’d, And Troy’s proud walls lie level with the ground. May Jove restore you when your toils are o’er Safe to the pleasures of your native shore."
"Shall I my prize resign With tame content, and thou possess’d of thine? Great as thou art, and like a god in fight, Think not to rob me of a soldier’s right."
"The man who suffers, loudly may complain; And rage he may, but he shall rage in vain. But this when time requires.—It now remains We launch a bark to plough the watery plains,"
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