The Bull from the Sea
The Bull from the Sea reconstructs the legend of Theseus, the valiant youth who slew the Minotaur, became king, and brought prosperity to Attica. Chief among his heroic exploits is the seduction of Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons, who irrevocably brought about both his greatest joy and his...
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The Bull from the Sea reconstructs the legend of Theseus, the valiant youth who slew the Minotaur, became king, and brought prosperity to Attica. Chief among his heroic exploits is the seduction of Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons, who irrevocably brought about both his greatest joy and his tragic destiny.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780375726804 (0375726802)
Publish date: July 10th 2001
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Greece,
M M Romance,
Mythology,
Greek Mythology
Series: Theseus (#2)
My introduction to Mary Renault was The King Must Die, the first of two novels about Theseus--it was actually assigned reading in high school. What impressed me so much there was how she took a figure out of myth and grounded him historically. After that I quickly gobbled up all of Renault's works o...
4.5 starsMary Renault’s _The Bull from the Sea_ takes up where [b:The King Must Die|93941|The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)|Mary Renault|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1359387376s/93941.jpg|2758229] left off and continues the legendary story of Theseus and his kingship of Attica. There ar...
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