![]() ![]() Her Theseus novels are perhaps the most exciting of her Greek fictions, and The Last of the Wine the most moving. All my sense of the ancient world - its values, its style, the scent of its wars and passions - comes from Mary Renault. The Bull from the Sea is the story of Theseus, King of Athens, but also Mary Renaults brilliant historical reconstruction of ancient Greek politics. I never learned Latin or Greek I wasn't raised on the classics, even in translation. Her characters live vividly both in their own time, and in ours - Madeline Miller Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce, complex and eloquent, infused at every turn with her life-long passion for the Classics. 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. ![]() She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault, Used (362 results) You searched for: Author: mary renault, Title: the bull from the sea. This brilliant recreation of the story of the legendary hero Theseus begins with his triumphant return from Crete after slaying the Minotaur. ![]() Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. About The Bull from the Sea A brilliant reconstruction of the legend of Theseus, the valiant youth who slew the Minotaur, became king, and brought prosperity to Attica. ![]() Praise for The Bull from the Sea: A Virago Modern Classic 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. ![]()
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