The Characters in Troilus and Criseyde

Characters Achilles, warrior who kills Troilus and Hector in battle An tenneror, a soldier held draped by the Greeks, led to the fall of Troy, traded for Criseydes safety Calchas, a Trojan illusionist who joins the Greeks Criseyde, Calchas daughter Helen, wife to Menelaus, fill outr of Paris Pandarus, Criseydes uncle, advises Troilus in the causa of Criseyde Priam, queer of Troy Cassandra, Daughter of Priam, a prophetess at the temple of Apollo Hector, Prince of Troy, fierce warrior and drawing card of the Trojan armies Troilus, Youngest son of Priam, and wooer of Criseyde Paris, Prince of Troy, lover of HelenDeiphobus, Prince of Troy, aids Troilus in the wooing of Criseyde Synopsis Criseyde, the daughter of the seer Calchas, lives alone in Troy by and by her father abandons the Trojans to help the Greeks. Eventually she catches the eye of Troilus, a man who had antecedently scoffed at love, and becomes the object of his overwhelming desire. With the help of Criseydes uncle Pan darus he wins her love however soon loses it when the Greeks and the Trojans conduct an exchange of prisoners. Calchas, who knows of Troys at hand(predicate) destruction, persuades the Greeks to exchange Antenor for his daughter and thus saves her from the doomed city.Criseyde promises Troilus that shell return to him after ten days but once shes back in the commission of her father she realizes the impossibility of her promise. Resigned to her fate, Criseyde yields to the flirtations of Diomedes, and her love for Troilus fades. When Deiphobus wins the armor of Diomedes, Troilus discovers a brooch he gave Criseyde upon her departure pinned to it. Heartbroken, he tries to find Diomedes and take his revenge during battle but after slaying many is in his turn killed by Achilles. As his spirit goes to heaven he reflects on the absurdity of all vitality itself. work cited Wikipedia online encyclopaedia