He was son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and the husband of Helen, who caused the Trojan War.   He fought a duel with Paris, his wife's abductor, and would have killed him had not Aphrodite intervened.   After the fall of Troy, he lived in placid domesticity with the reclaimed Helen. 

[解說]

1.      “He was son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and the husband of Helen, who caused the Trojan War”: 他是 Atreus 的兒子， Agamennon 的弟弟，以其海倫的丈夫 (她引起特洛伊戰爭)。

2.      “He fought a duel with Paris, his wife's abductor”: 他跟 Paris（他妻子的誘拐者）打一場決鬥。 “abductor”: 綁架、誘拐者。

3.      “and would have killed him had not Aphrodite intervened”: 而將已經殺死他，要不是 Aphrodite 介入其中。 “intervene”: 介入，干涉，阻撓 (=  come between)。

   注意：假設法中之  “had + 主詞 +  p.p.”  =  “if +主詞 + had  p.p.”，故 “had not Aphrodite intervened” =  if Aphrodite had not intervened. 他例： “I would have bought it, had I had enough money then” (如果當時有足夠錢，我將已買了它)。

4.      “After the fall of Troy, he lived in placid domesticity with the reclaimed Helen”: 在 Troy 陷落之後，他和救回的海倫過著平靜的家庭生活。 “placid”: 平靜的。 “domesticity”: 家庭生活、家務。 “reclaim”: 救回、要回、取回 (=  claim back)。 

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Menelaus was son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and the husband of Helen, who c____ the Trojan War.  He fought a d____ with Paris, his wife's abductor, and would have killed him had not Aphrodite inter______.  After the fall of Troy, he lived in p____ domesticity with the re_____ Helen.