# Meliboe — The Faerie Queene character guide

> Meliboe in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Melibœ, the good old Melibœ

**First appearance:** 0093-canto-vi

## Who they are

An old shepherd who fosters Pastorella.

## In the story

### [Canto IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/canto-ix)

The wise old shepherd who hosts Calidore and delivers a philosophical discourse on contentment and the vanity of worldly ambition.

### [Canto XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/canto-xi)

The good old shepherd who is slain by the thieves during the conflict over Pastorella.

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