Timon of Athens | Senators
Several unnamed Athenian senators appear throughout the play. They are portrayed as self-centered men, untrustworthy and hypocritical. Some of them lend money at exorbitant rates of interest, such as the senator Who, in II.i, sends his servant Caphis to demand that Timon repay a loan. This senator knows the extent of Timon's debts, and he hopes to get his money back before other usurers strip Timon of his remaining assets.
In III.v, Alcibiades appeals to three senators, asking for mercy in the case of a friend of his who has been charged with murder and is being tried by the...
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