dust clouds or a summer shower." says Theseus, the Athenian hero and

narrator of The king Must Die by Mary Renault, about the kingdom of

Athens as he looks over it from is father's palace. Theseus has a stronger

love for Athens then anything else, including the gods. Soon after he

discovers the beauty of Athens, he is sent to Crete to be a bull dancer: a kind

of "sacrifice" for the decadent "goddess on earth" Ariadne. When they meet

they quickly fall in love despite her passionate, blood thirsty personality.

When the Cretan civilization is overturned by war, he takes Ariadne and the

cranes,( his bull dancing team ), and they go to a nearby island called Naxos.

While they are there, Ariadne takes part in a celebr

gods as he does because she does not believe in them. Also, she has lived as

Ariadne can never devout herself to the gods like Theseus because she

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the real gods ask for those kinds of sacrifices! What is sad is that she takes

the whole thing so lightly. She thinks nothing of the bull court other than that

able to handle it because she is so used to being treated like a goddess. They

Living as the "goddess on earth" for so long has molded her into,

without communicating or being in touch with the gods. He makes the hard

sacrificed to her. Because of this, she has a spoiled attitude, and takes things

and the men are just there to work and get them pregnant. All the women in

her culture are highly respected. If Theseus

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Athens Ariadne, Mary Renault, Athens Theseus, Naxos Ariadne, Theseus Ariadne, Theseus Athenian, goddess earth, gods stopped, touch gods, matriarchal culture,
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)