'We have seen better days.'
Act IV scene 2
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Plot synopsis
Timon, a rich Athenian, is famous for his liberality.
As the play opens a group of people is gathering outside Timon's house, waiting to offer him flattering gifts or beg favours of him. There is much talk of his generosity and open-heartedness, which is immediately borne out when he appears, paying a friend's debts to free him from prison and giving money to a servant to allow him to marry. Only Apemantus has doubts about the sincerity of Timon's friend. Read more...
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