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Tragedy • c. 1607

Timon of Athens

2,451Lines 5Acts 17Scenes 54Characters 99% / 1%Male / Female Lines

Timon of Athens (c. 1607) is a tragedy with 2,451 lines of dialogue distributed across 5 acts and 17 scenes. 54 named characters speak at least once; the top five voices account for 63% of the play. Male voices dominate at 99% — female speakers deliver only 1%.

The play opens (Act 1, Scene 1) with Poet: “I have not seen you long: how goes the world?”

The play closes (Act 5, Scene 4) with Alcibiades: “Prescribe to other as each other's leech.”

Full cast of Timon of Athens by line count

# Character Lines Share Acts
1 Timon ♂ 824 33.6% 5
2 Apemantus ♂ 247 10.1% 3
3 Flavius ♂ 209 8.5% 5
4 Alcibiades ♂ 163 6.7% 4
5 Poet ♂ 104 4.2% 2
6 First Senator ♂ 90 3.7% 2
7 Painter ♂ 66 2.7% 2
8 Second Senator ♂ 62 2.5% 2
9 Lucilius ♂ 45 1.8% 2
10 First Lord ♂ 44 1.8% 2
11 Second Lord ♂ 43 1.8% 2
12 Senator ♂ 35 1.4% 1
13 Lucullus ♂ 33 1.3% 1
14 First Stranger ♂ 31 1.3% 1
15 Flaminius ♂ 31 1.3% 2
16 Caphis ♂ 30 1.2% 1
17 Old Athenian ♂ 29 1.2% 1
18 Servant ♂ 29 1.2% 2
19 Sempronius ♂ 27 1.1% 1
20 Fool ♂ 24 1.0% 1
21 Servilius ♂ 21 0.9% 1
22 Hortensius ♂ 20 0.8% 1
23 Messenger ♂ 20 0.8% 2
24 Titus ♂ 19 0.8% 1
25 First Servant ♂ 18 0.7% 2
…29 additional speaking roles with fewer than 18 lines

Line counts act by act

Act Scenes Lines Speakers Density
Act 1 2 576 23
Act 2 2 291 10
Act 3 6 577 26
Act 4 3 626 13
Act 5 4 381 11

Longest scenes in Timon of Athens

Scene Lines Speakers
Act 4, Scene 3 533 10
Act 1, Scene 1 312 12
Act 1, Scene 2 264 16
Act 2, Scene 2 253 9
Act 5, Scene 1 252 7

Common questions

How long is Timon of Athens?

Timon of Athens contains 2,451 lines of dialogue across 5 acts and 17 scenes — roughly 144 lines per scene on average.

Who speaks the most in Timon of Athens?

Timon leads the cast with 824 lines — about 34% of the play.

Which act of Timon of Athens is longest?

Act 4 runs 626 lines across 3 scenes.
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