Menelaus (son of Amyntas III)

Menelaus (son of Amyntas III)

For other uses, see Menelaus of Macedon

Menelaus was son of Amyntas III of Macedon by his second wife Gygaea. According to Justin, he was put to death by his stepbrother Philip II in 347 BC after the capture of Olynthus. (Justin, viii, 3).

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).


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