Menelaus (; , Menelaos), is one of the two most known Atrides, a king of Sparta and son of Atreus and Aerope.

Menelaus may also refer to:

Astronomy 1647 Menelaus, Jovian asteroid Menelaus (crater) on the Moon

People and mythology Menelaus of Macedon (various) Menelaus (son of Amyntas III) Menelaus (son of Lagus), brother of Ptolemy I Soter Menelaus of Pelagonia who received Athenian citizenship Menelaus (High Priest), 2nd century BC High Priest of the Second Temple Menelaus, pupil of Stephanus ( 33 BC) sculptor in the workshop of Pasiteles in the time of Caesar Augustus Menelaus of Alexandria, a Hellenistic mathematician and astronomer Menelaus's theorem, a theorem attributed to Menelaus of Alexandria

Contemporary Jane Menelaus (born 1959), Australian actress

Places Menelaus Portus, ancient port