Menelaus in Other Media
- Menelaus is portrayed by Niall MacGinnis in the 1956 film Helen of Troy.
- Patrick Magee portrayed Menelaus in the 1971 film of The Trojan Women.
- In the Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which is loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, Academy Award nominated actor Charles Durning plays Governor Menelaus 'Pappy' O'Daniel.
- In James Callis's revisionist 2003 miniseries Helen of Troy, Menelaus is encouraged to fight the Trojan War by his brother Agamemnon instead of by Helen's infidelity or the resulting slight to his honor.
- Menelaus also appears in the 2004 film Troy, portrayed by Brendan Gleeson. Like the 1957 film that influenced it, Menelaus is portrayed as a brutish king out for revenge. He duels Paris and wins, but Paris retreats to his brother, Hector. When Menelaus wants to strike the finishing blow, Hector kills him to protect his brother.
- Menelaus is a character in John Barth's short story, "Menelaiad" which is part of Lost in the Funhouse.
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