Filostrato Timeline and Summary

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Filostrato Timeline and Summary

  • Filostrato arrives at the church of Santa Maria Novella with his friends Dioneo and Panfilo.
  • They meet the seven ladies and agree to their proposal to leave Florence.
  • He's crowned the first male monarch of the storytelling game at the end of Day Three and has a comical exchange with the outgoing queen, Neifile.
  • Filostrato proclaims the theme "Unhappy Loves" for Day Four and explains that his love is likely to end badly.
  • At the end of Day Four, he chooses Fiammetta as the next queen and she immediately asks him to sing a song.
  • He sings "With fitting tears" to round out the day of misery.