Apemantus

Apemantus is a character in the play Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare.

Timon eventually loses all of his money and is abandoned by his friends.

He turns his back on Athens to live in a cave, and takes the same opinions about mankind which Apemantus had.

Apemantus visits him to accuse Timon of copying his ideals.

The best known recent Apemantus was portrayed by the Irish actor Norman Rodway, who played the role both for BBC television and for The Arkangel Shakespeare audiobook.