Misanthrope to skip around with skinny birds only? (5,2,6)
I believe the answer is:
timon of athens
'misanthrope' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Greek misanthrope' mean 'timon of athens' so perhaps 'misanthrope' could also mean 'timon of athens')
'skip around with skinny birds only?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'around' could be 'o' (a round letter) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'birds' could be 'hens' (hen is a type of bird) and 'hens' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for timon of athens that I've seen before include "Shakespeare play" , "Piece" , "Greek misanthrope in play" , "drama" .)