Timon

1. Semi-legendary Athenian who, supposedly owing to the ingratitude of his friends, became a notorious misanthrope, refusing to meet anyone except, according to Plutarch, Alcibiadēs. Aristophanes is the first to refer to him. Shakespeare's Timon of Athens is based on his story as told by Plutarch in his Life of Mark Antony, and by Lucian in his dialogue Timon.

2. Of Phlius (flourished c.250 BC), a Sceptic philosopher, author of a book of lampoons, of which only fragments survive, entitled Silloi (i.e. ‘squint-eyed’ pieces), in mock-Homeric hexameters, in which he ridiculed the dogmatic philosophers.

Timon may refer to:

A given name of Greek origin:

• Timon of Phlius, a Skeptic philosopher of classical Greece
• Timon of Athens (person), a legendary misanthrope
• Timon the Deacon, an early Christian leader

Fiction:

• Timon of Athens, a play by William Shakespeare
• Timon (Lion King), a film and television character, originally from the movie The Lion King
• Timon (character of Rome), a character in the 2005 television series Rome

Other:

• Timon, Maranhão, a town in the Brazilian state of Maranhão
• Timon (genus) is genus of wall lizards, including Ocellated Lizard (timon lepidus)

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