Timon of Athens.
By: Edited by H. J. Oliver.
Contributors: Oliver, H. J. ed.
Series: The Arden Shakespeare.
Publisher: Methuen
Published: 1959
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Timon of Athens (Legendary character) -- Drama
Description: Shakespeare's play about a noble Athenian who finds himself in financial difficulties and discovers that the friends who used to fawn on him now refuse to help him. Cursing mankind, Timon leaves Athens and settles in a cave where he finds buried treasure. He meets Alcibiades, a banished general, and finances an expedition against Athens. Alcibiades negotiates peace, but Timon dies alone in his cave.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.