Title: The Mask of Apollo
Description: The Mask of Apollo is a historical novel written by Mary Renault. Set in the ancient Greek world during the 4th century BC, the novel is written as the first-person narrative of a fictional character, Nikeratos (or 'Niko'), an actor. Throughout his professional life and his work in Syracuse and Athens, Nikeratos meets several historical characters and becomes a witness (and sometimes a marginal participant) in the political conflicts of Syracuse.
Subjects: Actors, Fiction, History, Theater, HISTORIA, NOVELA, Fiction, general, Greece, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Actors, fiction, Fiction, historical
Places: Greece
People: Plato
Time periods: To 146 B.C.