Dimensions
127 x 199 x 22mm
With the adventures of Nikeratos, a tragic actor at the hub of political and cultural activity in Athens, 400 BC, Mary Renault once again brings to life the world of Ancient Greece in stunning historical detail.
Set in fourth-century BC Greece, 'The Mask Of Apollo' is narrated by Nikeratos, a tragic actor who takes with him on all his travels a gold mask of Apollo, a relic of the theatre's golden age, which is now past. At first his mascot, the mask gradually becomes his conscience, and he refers to it his gravest decisions, when he finds himself at the centre of a political crisis in which the philosopher Plato is also involved.
Much of the action is set in Syracuse, where Plato's friend Dion is trying to persuade the young tyrant Dionysios the Younger to accept the rule of law. Through Nikeratos' eyes, the reader watches as the clash between the two looses all the pent-up violence in the city.
