What Does the Name Menelaus Mean
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Menelaus Name Meaning
Greek Mythology (Latinized)From the Greek Μενελαος (Menelaos) which meant "withstanding the people", derived from μενω (meno) "to last, to withstand" and λαος (laos) "the people". In Greek legend he was a king of...
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