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Timon of Athens
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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Of Athens, the noted misanthrope, celebrated in Shakespeare's play, lived during the Peloponnesian War. He is more than once alluded to by Aristophanes and other comedians. Plutarch introduces a short account of his life in his biography of Mark Antony (ch. 70), who built a retreat called Timonium (Strabo xvii. 794) at Alexandria. Timon also gave his name to one of Lucian's dialogues. Shakespeare probably derived his knowledge of Timon mainly from Plutarch; but the Timon of Shakespeare so resembles the Timon of Lucian that Shakespeare (or whoever wrote the first sketch of the play) may have had access to the dialogue.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Timon of Athens'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/timon-of-athens.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Timon of Athens'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/timon-of-athens.html. 1910.
