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Iphigenia
In Panfilo’s fifth tale (V, 1), Lysimachus is the chief magistrate of Rhodes, who imprisons Cimon for attempting to kidnap Iphigenia, because her fiancée, Pasimondas, is one of Lysimachus’s citizens. But because he is in love with Pasimondas’s future sister-in-law, Cassandra, he forms a plan with Cimon to attack the wedding and kill their rivals. After murdering Cassandra’s fiancée Ormisdas, he marries her himself. In this way, he demonstrates how the dictates of love can overpower civil responsibility. In winning Cassandra, he also becomes an example of a happy lover.
Lysimachus Quotes in The Decameron
The The Decameron quotes below are all either spoken by Lysimachus or refer to Lysimachus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Day 5: First Tale Quotes
Leaving the house full of blood, tumult, tears, and sadness, they made their way unimpeded to the ship, keeping close together and carrying their spoils before them. Having handed the ladies aboard, Cimon and Lysimachus followed with their comrades just as the shore began to fill with men who were coming to the rescue of the two ladies. But they plied their oars with a will, and made good their escape.
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After catching sight of Iphigenia in the woods, the formerly rude and uneducated Cimon is transformed into a paragon of intelligence and bravery. But her family insists on marrying her to another man. After being arrested for kidnapping Iphigenia, Cimon joins forces with Lysimachus, who loves Iphigenia’s potential sister-in-law, Cassandra. Lysimachus and Cimon invade the feast celebrating the double wedding of Iphigenia to Lysimachus and Cassandra to his brother Ormisdas. This passage describes the carnage as they murder the grooms and carry off the brides. Although the tale claims that love has ennobled Cimon, this passage shows some of the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima aut
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Lysimachus Character Timeline in The Decameron
The timeline below shows where the character Lysimachus appears in The Decameron. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Day 5: First Tale
...the woods, they’re recognized, seized by a mob of Rhodians, and carried to the magistrate, Lysimachus.
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...of the Rhodian ship’s crew. This allows fortune to lay the groundwork for freeing him. Lysimachus loves Cassandra, fiancée of Ormisdas, Pasimondas’s brother. Their wedding has been postponed several times, but...
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Reasoning that Cimon would be a loyal accomplice, Lysimachus sends him a message complimenting his love-inspired evolution from “insensate beast” to an extraordinarily brave...
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On the appointed day, Lysimachus frees Cimon. Then, executing their plan with military precision, they enter the brothers’ house and...
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