Timon of Athens

Written about 1606, this tragedy follows Timon, a lavish Athenian noble who ruins himself with gifts, feasts, and sureties for friends. When his money is gone, the same flatterers refuse him, and he leaves the city for a cave, cursing mankind. In the woods he finds gold and uses it to underwrite Alcibiades' march on Athens and to mock the poet, painter, and senators who seek him out. His steward Flavius remains loyal. The play is a satire of bounty and ingratitude, not a history of classical Athens and not a romance of reform.

Series binding. Mottled grey slipcase.