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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Rereading this after several years, I realised I had forgotten quite a lot. Nikeratos's first-person narration drew me in very well, and I really enjoyed the descriptive detail of Greek theatre. (  ) queen_ypolita | Jun 6, 2009 |  This was the first adult book that truly knocked my socks off.The protagonist, a tragic actor, is so likeable even with his catty little faults that he takes you on a journey to a very different world. And his boyfriend is just lovely. Mary Renault was a genius. (  )1  gribeaux | Aug 20, 2007 | A hardcover to replace my beloved falling-apart-at-the-seams paperback. Still one of the best ever written about Greek theater. (  ) MerryMary | Apr 16, 2007 | Historical fiction - ancient Greece ( ) IraSchor | Apr 12, 2007 | I have read this book until it has fallen apart. I am entranced by the "backstage" atmosphere of the story, by the doomed nobility of Dion, by the struggles of Niko to remain true to his craft in the face of corruption and politics. ( )1 MerryMary | Feb 20, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0394751051, Paperback)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.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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