Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens,a drama by Shakespeare , probably in collaboration with Middleton , written probably about 1607 and apparently left unfinished; it was not printed until the First Folio of 1623 . The material for the play is in Plutarch 's Life of Antony, Painter's Palace of Pleasure , Lucian 's Timon, or the Misanthrope, and possibly an anonymous play Timon among the Dyce MSS in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Timon, a rich and noble Athenian of good and gracious nature, having ruined himself by his prodigal liberality to friends, flatterers, and parasites, turns to the richest of his friends for assistance in his difficulties, and is denied it and deserted by all who had previously frequented him. He surprises these by inviting them once more to a banquet; but when the covers are removed from the dishes (Timon crying, ‘Uncover, dogs, and lap’, iii. vi), they are found to...
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