The Private Life of Helen of Troy (book) The Private Life of Helen of Troy (book) The Private Life of Helen of Troy by John Erskine was published in 1925 by Bobbs Merrill and became a bestseller the following year. The book was adapted from the Greek legend of Helen of Troy and follows the famous woman's life after the burning of Troy. In the beginning, Menelaus - Helen's husband - leaves Troy in search of her and plans to kill her for all the trouble her beauty has caused. Instead, the two set out on a week-long voyage back to Sparta. Menelaus questions why his wife ran
Menelaus (son of Lagus) Menelaus (son of Lagus) Menelaus (; , "Menelaos"), son of Lagus and brother of Ptolemy I Soter (ruler of Egypt), served as priest of the eponymous state cult of Alexander, and was for a time king in Cyprus, under his brother. His name does not occur among the officers or generals of Alexander the Great (336–323 BC) during the lifetime of that monarch, though it is incidentally mentioned by Phylarchus in terms that would seem to imply that he then already occupied a distinguished position. The first occasion on which he appears in history is 315 BC, when he was