![]() ![]() The king said that he was searching for the latest news of events in Greece to be ready for his return. Proteus told him his kingdom was safe, but his brother Agamemnon had been murdered in Mycenae, and Odysseus was being held against his will by the sea-nymph Calypso. He turned successively into a lion, serpent, panther, boar, a stream, but it did not help.Īt last, Proteus resumed his original form and asked Menelaus what he wanted from him. Proteus tried to escape by changing form. The Proteus emerged from the sea and went to sleep among the seals: so Menelaus could seize him. The following day, Menelaus and three companions disguised themselves as seals and lay waiting on the shore until they were joined at midday by hundreds of seals, Proteus's flock. ![]() She instructed Menelaus on what to do and then disappeared into the sea. He will first count the seals (Proteus' favorite animals) in groups of five, and after this, he will lie in their midst like a shepherd among his flock. Proteus would tell Menelaus how to raise good winds to sail home.Įidoethea explained that Proteus would rise from the waters to the zephyr's breath when the sun is in the middle of its path. She said her father knew everything, past, present, and future. She told him that he must capture her father, Proteus, the shepherd of fish and other sea animals. He visited Cyprus, Ethiopia, Phoenicia, and Libya and was treated with honor and hospitality.įinally, Menelaus arrived at the island of Faros, where he met the sea-nymph Eidoethea. These were taken to Crete, where Menelaus crossed the sea to Egypt and spent eight years in the southern waters, but he could not sail home without good winds. Agamemnon, Diomedes, and Nestor had a successful journey back home, while Menelaus was surprised by a storm that Athena had sent, and he lost all his ships except five. ![]()
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