The Mask of Apollo brilliantly combines several major subjects that, stated boldly, sound absurdly incompatible: the Greek theater, the fortunes of Syracuse under tyranny and democracy, the politics of Plato's Academy, the ambiguous nature of virtue in men….
Miss Renault has been "touched by the god," as she might put it. For sheer inspiration must have prompted her to tell the story of Dion through the reminiscence of the actor Nikeratos….
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