The Decameron · Character
Cimon
A Cypriot nobleman's son so brutish he seems beyond teaching, until one glimpse of Iphigenia transforms him into Cyprus's most accomplished gentleman.
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Also known as Pasimondas, thy Cimon
First appearance: The First Story
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Cimon is the embarrassment of his father Aristippus's house: hulking, uncouth, and seemingly incapable of letters or courtesy, kept in the countryside like a beast. Love arrives as a literal ambush — he stumbles upon…
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- Marital Deception
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- Closing
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