The Decameron · Character
Nathan
A fabulously wealthy nobleman whose open-handed hospitality is so legendary that a jealous rival travels to see whether it can possibly be true.
major
Also known as Nathan straightway
First appearance: the first story
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Nathan lives in a magnificent palace on the road between Italy and the Levant, where every traveler is fed, lodged, and sent on richer than he came, and his generosity has become a byword across the region. His virtue…
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Relationship types
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Generosity and Envy
- Storytellers of the Frame
- Marital Deception
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Mithridanes
rivalry · ambivalent
- Mithridanes
rivalry · ambivalent
- Mithridanes
rivalry · ambivalent
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