watersword: Keira Knightley, in Pride and Prejudice (2007), turning her head away from the viewer, the word "elizabeth" written near (Default)
Elizabeth Perry ([personal profile] watersword) wrote in [personal profile] cahn 2025-04-01 12:54 am (UTC)

Iliad IV says Hera & Athena are helping Menelaus; Athena does save him specifically from Pandarus' bowshot (one of the many lovely epic similes), but both of them are generally pro-Achaean, so they'd be pro-Menelaus anyway. Hera mentions that both Mycenae and Sparta are particularly beloved to her, so presumably Menelaus has been sacrificing to her for basically all his life, but I can't remember textual evidence for her showing him particular favor.

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