The Trojan War.
Menelaus, King of Sparta and Husband of Helen of Troy.
Entry and the Siege of Troy
Actual bust of Helen of Troy. Truly a face that launched a thousand ships!!
Menelaus was the undisputed king of Sparta and married to the beauty Helen. Homer’s Iliad is the most expansive source for Menelaus’s exploits during the Trojan War. In Book 3, Menelaus challenges Paris to a duel for Helen’s return. Menelaus soundly beats Paris, but before he can kill him and claim victory, Aphrodite spirits Paris away inside the walls of Troy. In Book 4, while the Greeks and Trojans squabble over the duel’s winner, Athena inspires the Trojan Pandarus to kill Menelaus with his bow and arrow. Menelaus is wounded in the abdomen, and the fighting resumes. Later, in Book 17, Homer gives Menelaus an extended aristeia as the hero retrieves the corpse of Patroclus from the battlefield.
According to Hyginus, Menelaus killed eight men in the war, and was one of the Greeks hidden inside the Trojan Horse. During the sack of Troy, Menelaus killed Deiphobus, who had married Helen after the death of Paris.
There are four versions of Menelaus’ and Helen’s reunion on the night of the sack of Troy:Angry at Helen, Menelaus looked for and found her. In a fit of rage, he decided to kill her for leaving him for Paris, but when he raised his sword, she started to weep at her former husband’s feet, begging for her life. In a split second, Menelaus’ wrath went away instantly. He took pity on her, and decided to take her back as wife.Menelaus resolved to kill Helen but her striking beauty prompted him to drop his sword and take her back to his ship “to punish her at Sparta”, as he claimed.[7]According to the Bibliotheca, Menelaus raised his sword in front of the temple in the central square of Troy to kill her but his wrath went away when he saw her tearing her clothes in sorrow (to reveal her breasts).A similar version by Stesichorus in “Ilion’s Conquest” narrated that Menelaus surrendered her indeed to his soldiers to stone her to death; however, when she ripped the front of her robes, the Achaean warriors were stunned by her beauty and the stones fell harmlessly from their hands.According to Euripides’ Helen, after Menelaus dies, he is reunited with Helen on the Isle of the Blessed.[8] paradise.
Fire, Candela
Ay Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo ae,Ay Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo ae,Ay Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo ae,Puso un baile una jutía, para una gran diversión,de timbalero un ratón que alegraba el campo un día,Un gato también venía elegante y placentero,buenas noches compañero siempre fijo hacia el timbal,para ahi el tipo de tocar para descansar un poco,salió el ratón medio loco, también voy a descansar,y el gato en su buen bailar, bailaba un danzón liviano,el ratón se sube a guano y dice bien placentero,Y ahora si quieren bailar busquen otro timbalero,Ay Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo aé,Ay Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo aé,Ay Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo aé,Oye faustino Oramas y su compañero necesito,que me apaguen el fuego,Margarita llama pronto a los bomberos,para que vengan a apagar el fuego,Oye si estas perdido marca los siete ceros,y asi vendran mas pronto los bomberos….Ay Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo aéAy Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo aé mama!Ay Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo aéAy Candela, Candela, Candela me quemo aéMe quemo ae, Me quemo aéDilan, dilan,Me quemo aé,dilan, diriran,Me quemo aé,diriran, diriran…Margarita que me quemo (me quemo aé),Yo quiero seguir gozando (me quemo aé),La candela me esta llamando (me quemo aé),Me gusta seguir guarachando (me quemo aé),Esta tarde venimo’ acabando (me quemo aé),Como quera seguimo’ tocando (me quemo aé),La mujer cuando de agacha (me quemo aé),Se le abre el entendimiento (me quemo aé),La mujer cuando de agacha (me quemo aé),Se le abre el entendimiento (me quemo aé,Y el hombre cuando la mira (me quemo aé),Se le para el pensamiento (me quemo aé),De ti me gusta una cosa (me quemo aé),Sin que me cueste trabajo (me quemo aé),De ti me gusta una cosa (me quemo aé),Sin que me cueste trabajo (me quemo aé),De la barriga pa’ arriba (me quemo aé),De la cintura pa’ abajo (me quemo aé),Mira se quema, se quema mama..Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,A rodent made a dance, for some great fun,a kettle drummer rat who brought joy to the field one day,A cat also came, elegant and pleasant,Good night companion, always fixed on the kettle drum,there the type of playing, in order to rest a little,the rat came out half crazy, I’m also going to restand the cat in his good dancing, danced a light dance*,the rat climbs a palm tree and says very pleasant,And now if they want to dance they look for another drummer,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,Hey I need Faustino Oramas and your companion,to put out my fire,Margarita call the firefighters soon,so they come to put out the fire,Hey, if you are lost dial the seven zeroes,and that way the firefighters will come sooner,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh mama!,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,Oh fire, fire, fire I’m burning oh,I’m burning oh, I’m burning oh,Dilan, dilan,I’m burning oh,dilan, diriran,I’m burning oh,diriran, diriran…Margarita how I’m burning (I’m burning oh)I want to keep enjoying myself (I’m burning oh)The fire is calling me (I’m burning oh)I like to keep dancing guaracha (I’m burning oh)This afternoon we’ve kept on ending (I’m burning oh)As I want to keep playing (I’m burning oh)The woman when she bends over (I’m burning oh)It opens the mind (I’m burning oh)The woman when she bends over (I’m burning oh)It opens the mind (I’m burning oh)And the man when he looks at her (I’m burning oh)his thinking stops (I’m burning oh)I like one thing about you (I’m burning oh)Without costing me work (I’m burning oh)I like one thing about you (I’m burning oh)Without costing me work (I’m burning oh)from the stomach on up (I’m burning oh)from the waist on down (I’m burning oh)Look she’s burning, she’s burning mama…