Troilus and Cressida

moon of Uranus

play by William Shakespeare

alt=A helmeted figure emerges from behind a fountain, topped with two lions. That is being approached from the other side by an unarmoured rider. Below the horse is a setting sun. Painted underneath this scene are trees shown in different seasons of the year.|thumb|300px|right|Achilles (left) ambushing Troilus (on horseback, right). Etruscan art|Etruscan [[fresco, Tomb of the Bulls, Tarquinia, 530–520 BC.]]

thumb|Pandarus, centre, with Cressida, illustration to Troilus and Cressida by Thomas Kirk. Pandarus or Pandar (Ancient Greek: Πάνδαρος Pándaros), son of Lycaon, is a skilled Lycian archer who lived in the Troad city of Zeleia. In the Iliad, he is allied with Troy and appears in stories about the Trojan War. He is infamous for breaking the truce between the Trojans and the Achaeans in Homer's Iliad, Book 4.

poem by Geoffrey Chaucer

thumb|Cressida depicted by Thomas Kirk Cressida (), also rendered Criseida, Cresseid or Criseyde, is a character who appears in many medieval and Renaissance-era retellings of the Trojan War, most notably Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. While her character in the later western tradition was developed from Chryseis, a minor figure in Homer's Iliad, they share few similarities.

opera by William Walton