The King Must Die
A Novel
by Mary Renault
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appears in Greek Mythology, Fantasy, and Fiction.
In myth, Theseus was the slayer of the childdevouring Minotaur in Crete. What the founderhero might have been in real life is another question, brilliantly explored in The King Must Die. Drawing on modern scholarship and archaeological findings at Knossos, Mary Renault?s Theseus is an utterly lifelike figure?a king of immense charisma, whose boun...
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appears in Greek Mythology, Fantasy, and Fiction.
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