Menelaus

MENELA´US(Μενέλαος, Strab. 18. p. 803; Steph. B. s. v.: Eth. Menelaites), was a town of the Delta, situated to SE. of the highroad between Alexandreia and Hermopolis, near the Canopic arm of the Nile. It derived its name from Menelaus, a brother of Ptolemy Lagus, and attained such importance as to confer the title of Menelaites upon the Canopic branch of the river. (Ptol. 4.5.9; Strab. ib. p. 801.)
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