In a narrative poem by this author, a man tries to kill himself after seeing a vision of a boar attacking his beloved, but is stopped by Pandaro.
One of his works opens with the title character having a dream about a snakebite, then going to church and falling in love with Panfilo. In a narrative poem by this author, a man tries to kill himself after seeing a vision of a boar attacking his beloved, but is stopped by Pandaro. Hector prevents the populace from burning down a house at the start of that poem, in which the main female character is traded for Antenor. In addition to that basis for Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, he wrote about a crazy guy who pretends to kill his children and makes his wife prepare for his wedding to another woman, and recounted such plots as "Tancred and the Golden Cup" and "The Pot of Basil." For 10 points, name this author of Fiametta and Il Filostrato, who included the story of Griselda in his book about people fleeing the plague and telling stories, the Decameron.
One of his works opens with the title character having a dream about a snakebite, then going to church and falling in love with Panfilo.
Giovanni {Boccaccio}