biography
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Timon
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nickname the Misanthrope of Athens
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pronunciation:
[tiymon]
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| male
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| lived:
| (5th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Nobleman from Athens, Greece, a contemporary of Socrates. According to the comic writers who attacked him, he was disgusted with mankind on account of the ingratitude of his early friends, and lived a life of almost total seclusion. Lucian made him the subject of a dialogue. Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens is based on the story as told in Painter's Palace of Pleasure. |
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