Note PG58 — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
Rich. Fr. Phil. (Richard François Philippe) Brunck translation
Timon, the misanthrope; he was an Athenian and a contemporary of Aristophanes. Disgusted by the ingratitude of his fellow-citizens and sickened with repeated disappointments, he retired altogether from society, admitting no one, it is said, to his intimacy except the brilliant young statesman Alcibiades.