Euclid is said to have told told King Ptolemy that.
Euclid
When asked by King Ptolemy about an easier way to learn mathematics, it is claimed that Euclid told him that "There is no royal way to geometry".
The philosopher Euclid is traditionally attributed with saying, "There is no royal road to geometry," to King Ptolemy I of Egypt. This statement emphasizes that geometry requires diligent study and cannot be mastered through shortcuts or privileged treatment.
Euclid
the elders that were helping him rule told him to banish her and he did.
she got kicked off her throne when she was twenty by her brother/ husband's (Ptolemy III) advisors because they didn't think she deserved it but Ptolemy told them off
One story that King Menelaus told was that on his return from Troy, he was stranded in Egypt and was captured by Proteus. Proteus told King Menelaus that Odysseus was still alive but is held captive on Calypso's island.
No king told him to explore.
Very few original accounts of Euclid survive, so little can be told about his life, much less early life. He was considered the "Father of Geometry," The only historical references to Euclid were written centuries after he lived, by Proclus, a Greek philosopher.
The Geometry teacher told us to do the acute angle exercises ..
Nathan told this parable to King David