King: Did you mean...?

A detail of a red-figure vase showing the king of Argos, Eurystheus, hiding from Hercules who, after one of his labours, carries the Erymanthian boar. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

King Chlothar II slays Bertoald, mayor of the palace of Burgundy, during the Battle of Ėtampes, December 604 CE. Illustration from the manuscript Grand Chronicle of France, 14th century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Bowl depicting King Zahak with snakes protruding from his shoulders 12th–13th century CE, with alterations from the first half of the 20th century CE; or 20th century CE Northwestern Iran, Garrus District

A photograph of the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III (r. 1900-46), taken between 1924 and 1934.

King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great by Matt Waters.

King Alfred’s Monument at Athelney, Somerset. Built in 1801, it commemorates the time Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) spent in exile in the Somerset marshes during the early months of 878, when he built a fortress at Athelney.

Part of the Rollright Stones complex, the King Stone is a solitary weathered monolith dated to 2nd millennium BCE.

Pivot stone with inscription of the king Enmetena of Lagash. Circa 2340 BCE. (The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

The enthroned pharaoh has idealized features and wears a striped head-cloth, false beard, and pleated kilt. A bull's tail, symbol of superhuman strength, hangs between the legs. Many Egyptian kings used the title of "bull" or "strong bull"...

Maurya ruler Ashoka's visit to the Bodhi tree, partial cast of the east gateway of Stupa 1 at Sanchi. Art of India collection in the Ethnological Museum, Berlin.