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The Mask of Apollo

Mary Renault

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Set in fourth-century B.C. 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 theater'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 center 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.

Format:

Pages:: 372 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Vintage

Edition:: 1st Vintage Books ed

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0394751051

ISBN13:: 9780394751054

kindle Asin:: B00DCGJ6V8

The Mask of Apollo

Mary Renault

4.06/5 (2076 ratings)

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Set in fourth-century B.C. 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 theater'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 center 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.

Format:

Pages:: 372 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Vintage

Edition:: 1st Vintage Books ed

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0394751051

ISBN13:: 9780394751054

kindle Asin:: B00DCGJ6V8

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