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The king must die / Mary Renault.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Renault King
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renault, Mary.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theseus (Greek mythology)--Fiction.
- Theseus (Greek mythology).
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 338 p. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon, c1958.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Troizen
- Eleusis
- Athens
- Crete
- Naxos.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of the estate of William Brodsky.
- OCLC:
- 228783
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