The phrase "a great king" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a king who is highly regarded for his qualities, achievements, or leadership.
Example: "In the annals of history, he is remembered as a great king who united the tribes and brought peace to the land."
Alternatives: "an exceptional monarch" or "a remarkable ruler."
Nonetheless, he was worshipped as a great king by many later Javanese leaders.
Such hard work being a great king and loved by all.
He would have made a great king, a great constitutional monarch, but we do not have that form of government".
Mr Rajapaksa, who fosters myths that portray him as the reincarnation of a great king from Sri Lanka's south, seems to have expected re-anointing.
Even his name, Kertanagara, meaning "order in the realm," might refer to reunion, which was the achievement of a great king according to the Javanese dualistic cosmology.
Uselessness has often been an advantage: Alfred is better remembered as a failed cook than a great king; see also Ethelred, the Light Brigade, and Eddie the Eagle.
Richard Wright, Abbie Hoffman, MLK, on and on...) One of his greatest masterpieces, Ozymandias, written in 1818, tells the story of a traveler who comes across a statue in the desert of a once great king, a story about man's hubris and mortality, of power misused and a civilization fallen.
The first time I saw that I got confused and thought, "why is that old lady praying to Dracula?" I didn't realise that he is considered a national hero a great king who repelled the Turks.
"Elizabeth shall be a greater queen than any king of yours!" she yells.
Assuming the old title of great king, he called himself "King of All".
Human or anthropomorphic figures, however, were comparatively rare on early Greek coins, though the famous gold darics, a name derived from Darius I, and silver shekels of Persia showed the great king in an attitude of attack.
