He was kindly received by Janus, the king of the country. […] Helen was the beautiful wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and Clytemnestra was married to Agamemnon, king of Mycenæ, who was brother to Menelaus. […] An Athenian descended from Erechtheus, a king of Athens. […] Egisthus and Clytemnestra soon contrived the murder of the king. […] Ajax was the son of Telamon, a king of the island of Salamis.