# Master Simone — The Decameron character guide

> Master Simone in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Simone, Quoth Master Simone

**First appearance:** 0093-the-sixth-story

## Snapshot

A pompous physician whose craving for hidden gold makes him the perfect mark for Bruno and Buffalmacco's cruelest practical joke.

## Who they are

Master Simone is a self-important doctor in Florence whose vanity about his learning far outstrips his actual wit, making him a favorite target for the city's resident tricksters. His fatal weakness is greed dressed up as scientific curiosity: when Bruno and Buffalmacco dangle the promise of buried treasure before him, he abandons all caution and follows them into the dark. His humiliation belongs to the Decameron's running comedy of clever servants and artisans fleecing the credulous elite, and it shows how quickly professional dignity collapses when avarice takes the wheel.

## In the story

### [The Ninth Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/chapters/the-ninth-story)

A foolish physician who seeks to join a secret roving company and is tricked by Bruno and Buffalmacco.

### [The Third Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/chapters/the-third-story)

The doctor who plays along with the trick, diagnosing Calandrino as pregnant and prescribing a fake cure.

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