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The character of Athens (5)

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I believe the answer is:

timon

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'the character of athens' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'the character of athens' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'character' becomes 'i'.
'of athens' becomes 'mon' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't'+'i'+'mon'='TIMON'

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(Other definitions for timon that I've seen before include "title role" , "Greek misanthrope in play" , "Athenian in Shakespeare play" , "- - of Athens (Shakespeare)" , "part of Shakespeare" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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