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greta thunberg and 11 others on the flotilla carrying aid to gaza have been kidnapped by the israeli government in international waters.

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“what radicalized you” bro EMPATHY

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home library so I never have to leave the house 📚

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"How do you read so many books??" I am simply trying to avoid reality, what are you doing

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I can't wait for Autumn 🍂🍁

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No fucking way this is actual dialogue from the second fucking chapter.

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my fav genre of books is called "what the FUCK richard"

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Menelaus, the king of Sparta, was a character in the Iliad. He is the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae. His older brother was Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae or Argos. Menelaus was promised to be wed to Helen of Troy, and the myths differ on if he was already her spouse or betrothed and if she was kidnapped or fled to Troy with Paris, who was the Trojan Prince.

In the Iliad, Menelaus fights in the Trojan War and duels Paris. Menelaus wins this battle, but Aphrodite whisked Paris away on a cloud.

After the Trojan War, Menelaus recovers Helen and brings her back to Sparta.

This is the first in a series of posts I am doing about different Greek historical figures for the book/guide I am writing that will contain every Greek deity/ Titan/Olympian, monster, and creature. It will hopefully also contain a lengthy summary of the Iliad and the Odyssey. To put a face to a name, or rather, a stone bust to a name, I make these posts to see what these historical figures may have looked like whilst having their information right underneath