![]() ![]() Yet it’s absolutely worth reading - and full of quotes that really should show up on mugs and T-shirts: We Are What We Are first among these. Prepare to weep.! Are there no flaws then? Compared to the first Theseus book this story hasn’t got the unstoppable sweep towards a resolution which makes The King Must Die such a juggernaut. Most unforgettable is the part is the story of the Amazon. About the Book In her inventive novels of ancient Greece, Mary Renault performs the alchemical feats of fashioning from the myth of Theseus a convincingly. ![]() The story alternates between stirring action and a bittersweet nostalgia for a lost past. Well known characters and episodes from Ancient Greek mythology will show up - you will be able to recognise famous plays, artworks and general mythological stories in the plot. This is the tale is the second half of the Greek mythological hero Theseus’ life. A world that is so beautifully detailed that her creation breathes, and you would swear to it’s reality even when you know better. Renault allows the reader to stay in the vivid world that never was, her vision of the epic Bronze Age. ![]()
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