King David mirrors the Greek god Apollo and the Hindu god Krishna. Like Apollo, David was a legendary musician, poet, and warrior who straddled the line between human and the divine. Like Krishna, he was a divinely-chosen youth who grew to be a complex, romantic, and fierce hero-king. 

The comparison spans a few key dimensions depending on which aspects of David’s multifaceted life you look at:

• Apollo (Greek): Both were skilled lyre players associated with the arts, prophecy, and divine inspiration (David writing the Psalms, Apollo leading the Muses). Both were capable of profound healing and comforting, yet were also ruthless and deadly in war. 
• Krishna (Hindu): David’s larger-than-life, incredibly complex narrative matches Krishna’s. They are both deified, heavily flawed, intensely romantic, and beloved by the people, while also functioning as military and spiritual leaders.
• Ogun (Yoruba): If you focus purely on the warrior aspect, David’s ferocious, blood-soaked conquests resemble the African Orisha of war and iron, though David’s devotion remained solely to Yahweh. 
• Perseus or Theseus (Greek): For his epic monster-slaying origins (defeating Goliath), he shares the archetype of the underdog demigod hero who becomes the foundational ruler of a legendary kingdom.

Are you looking at King David from a literary archetype, a mythological comparison, or historical perspectives on ancient Near Eastern kings?