# Timon — Timon of Athens character guide

> Timon in Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Lord Timon, the Lord Timon, Old Athenian, Great Timon, Timon Painting, Second Lord

**First appearance:** 0000-timon-of-athens

## Who they are

A wealthy and generous Athenian nobleman who becomes a misanthropic hermit after his friends abandon him.

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