King Menelaus was ruler of Cyros. He had a daughter named Dirce. He was a man dedicated to law and tradition. He was slow to change yet he appreciated new technologies and inventions. When Autolycus stole his Dragon's Eye Ruby, Menelaus put Iolaus on trial for the crime. After a long trial, Hercules managed to find Autolycus and the thief confessed so Iolaus was set free. Dirce convinced Menelaus that he should begin to re-write the laws of the kingdom.
Background
In Greek mythology, Menelaus (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/; Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos, from μένος "vigor, rage, power" and λαός "people," "wrath of the people") was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to the Iliad, Menelaus was a central figure in the Trojan War, leading the Spartan contingent of the Greek army, under his elder brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Prominent in both the Iliad and Odyssey, Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy, the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than as a member of the doomed House of Atreus.