Personal Reflection Throughout the duration of my reading of The King Must Die, I began thinking about what make Theseus so extraordinary. Why is he the king of so many places? Was he simply in the right place at the right time? I, personally, am opposed to that opinion. I believe that Theseus is so exceptional and well-liked is because he possesses the attributes of a legendary king; he is held above the rest, hence the title of my essay, A Crane Among Bulls: Stand-out Attributes of a Legendary King. Renault seems to be portraying the ideal king. Theseus is not the tallest or strongest and may not look like the ideal male, not to mention how often he slept with women; nonetheless, he is the un-paralleled king of his time. He may
