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The king must die. [A novel.]

Ancient Athens paid tribute to its Cretan overlord each year by sending the finest of its sons and daughters to Crete each year to be trained for "bull-dancing", a sport that cost the Athenian youths their lives. Theseus, prince of Athens, substitutes himself for one of the youths and sails out to meet his fate in the ring.

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  • "King must die"@he
  • "King must die"
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  • "Ancient Athens paid tribute to its Cretan overlord each year by sending the finest of its sons and daughters to Crete each year to be trained for "bull-dancing", a sport that cost the Athenian youths their lives. Theseus, prince of Athens, substitutes himself for one of the youths and sails out to meet his fate in the ring."@en
  • "Ancient Athens paid tribute to its Cretan overlord each year by sending the finest of its sons and daughters to Crete each year to be trained for "bull-dancing," a sport that cost the Athenian youths their lives. Theseus, prince of Athens, substitutes himself for one of the youths and sails out to meet his fate in the ring."
  • "Ancient Athens paid tribute to its Cretan overlord each year by sending the finest of its sons and daughters to Crete each year to be trained for "bull-dancing", a sport that cost the Athenian youths their lives. Theseus, prince of Athens, substitutes himself for one of the youths and sails out to meet his fate in the ring."
  • "A spellbinding blend of myth, legend, history and imagination. Set in ancient Greece it is about the life of a prince in search of his heroic birthright."@en
  • ""Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. She shows us their strangeness; discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us." -Hilary MantelIn myth, Theseus was the slayer of the child-devouring Minotaur in Crete. What the founder-hero might have been in real life is another question, brilliantly explored in The King Must Die. Drawing on modern scholarship and ar."@en
  • "Retold by its hero, the legend of Theseus becomes a logical sequence of adventures that befell a slight, wiry, quick-witted youth impelled to prove his manhood in a semibarbaric society that put a premium on size and brawn."@en
  • ""Theseus, legendary king of Athens, is brought to life in this epic narrative.""@en
  • "The story of the mythical hero Theseus, slayer of monsters, abductor of princesses and king of Athens. He emerges from these pages as a clearly defined personality; brave, aggressive and quick. The core of the story is Theseus' Cretan adventure. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. A historical adventure story based on the legend of Theseus. Followed by The Bull from the Sea (1962). Also use: The Mask of Apollo (1988)."

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  • "Fantastic fiction"@en
  • "Fantastic fiction"
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Novela alemana"@es
  • "Translations"@he
  • "Historiske romaner"@da
  • "Historiske romaner"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Eventyrromaner"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Legends"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"

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  • "El Rey debe morir"
  • "Król musi umrzeć"@pl
  • "King must die"
  • "Der König muss sterben Roman"
  • "Der König muß sterben : Roman"
  • "Il re deve morire"
  • "Il re deve morire"@it
  • "Kralj mora umreti"
  • "Kralj mora umreti"@sl
  • "The king must die. [A novel.]"@en
  • "La Danse du Taureau"
  • "Der König muß sterben Roman"
  • "El rey debe morir"
  • "El rey debe morir"@es
  • "The King must Die"
  • "The King must die"
  • "The King must die"@en
  • "Kongen må dø : Roman"@da
  • "A királynak meg kell halnia"@hu
  • "A királynak meg kell halnia"
  • "The King Must Die A Novel"@en
  • "Kuninkaan on kuoltava : romaani"@fi
  • "Mot yumat ha-melekh"
  • "The King Must Die"
  • "Kongen må dø. Roman. Overs. af Eva Hemmer Hansen. Engelsk originaltit.: The king must die. Omsl.: Svend Otto S"@da
  • "Der König muss sterben : Roman"
  • "Il re deve morire : romanzo"@it
  • "Kongen må dø : roman"@da
  • "The King must die, by Mary Renault"
  • "Re deve morire : romanzo"
  • "El rey debe morit"
  • "Teseo"
  • "Teseo"@es
  • "The king must die. (Historical novel)"
  • "The King Must die : and The Bull From the Sea"
  • "מות יומת המלך"
  • "La danse du taureau"
  • "The king must die"@es
  • "The king must die"
  • "The king must die"@en
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