# Nastagio degli Onesti — The Decameron character guide

> Nastagio degli Onesti in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Nastagio

**First appearance:** 0059-the-eighth-story

## Snapshot

A lovesick young heir who squanders his fortune on a disdainful lady until a vision in the pines gives him a chilling strategy.

## Who they are

Nastagio is a wealthy Ravenna bachelor whose open-handed courtship of a haughty Traversari daughter drains both his purse and his spirits, prompting his kinsmen to pack him off to the countryside. There, wandering lovesick in a pinewood, he stumbles on a supernatural hunt that mirrors his own torment and sees in it a way to move his cruel mistress. His tale turns private heartbreak into public theater, making him one of the Decameron's most memorable strategists of desire.

## In the story

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

Protagonist who falls in love with a cruel lady, retreats to Chiassi, and uses a supernatural vision to win her hand.

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