Alcibiades Timeline and Summary

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Alcibiades Timeline and Summary

  • 1.1: Alcibiades knows how to make an entrance: on horseback with twenty other soldiers in tow. Timon welcomes him, and the two exchange pleasantries before Alcibiades leaves to settle in at Timon's house.
  • 1.2: Alcibiades seems grateful to be fed and housed at Timon's place. When Timon says to him that soldiers are seldom rich, Alcibiades agrees.
  • 3.5: The next time we see Alcibiades, he's arguing before the Senate for his friend. He pleads with the Senators to have some compassion, but it doesn't work. He's banished for debating with the Senators too much.
  • 4.3: Alcibiades runs into Timon in the woods and pities him. He and Timon talk about life and friendship, and Alcibiades offers the little he has to help Timon. The pair hatch a plan to take over Athens—Timon by ruining the citizens with disease, and Alcibiades by preparing an army.
  • 5.1: We don't see Alcibiades in this scene, but we hear from the Senators that he's ready to attack Athens, and his army is strong. They're afraid. Very afraid.
  • 5.4: Alcibiades enters Athens, trumpets blaring. He makes a speech about what is to come for the city (justice) and tells them to give up his and Timon's enemies to him so that there won't have to be a fight. When he learns of Timon's death, Alcibiades reads his epitaph and promises he will be remembered. Alcibiades closes out the play with some words about peace.