Retelling the tale of Theseus in a mundane manner, it spans from his childhood in the court of his grandfather Pittheus of Troizen to his ascension as King of Athens with Theseus himself recounting the tale of his life. 32.The King Must Die is a novel by Mary Renault. Renault's story of Theseus continues with the sequel The Bull from the Sea. Richly imbued with the spirit of its time, this is a page-turner as well as a daring act of imagination. The story follows Theseus's adventures from Troizen to Eleusis, where the death in the book's title is to take place, and from Athens to Crete, where he learns to jump bulls and is named king of the victims. Drawing on scholarship and archaeological findings at Knossos, Mary Renault's Theseus is an utterly lifelike figure - a king of immense charisma, whose boundless strivings flow from strength and weakness-but also one steered by implacable prophecy. What the hero might have been in real life is another question, brilliantly explored in THE KING MUST DIE. 9781844089635 The King Must Die 32.1000 NZD InStock /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/classics /shop/books In myth, Theseus was the slayer of the child-devouring Minotaur of Crete.

In myth, Theseus was the slayer of the child-devouring Minotaur of Crete. The story follows Theseus's adventures from Tr.

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