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Pandarus
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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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.
In Homer's Iliad, Book 4, he is portrayed as a skilled archer, but in medieval literature he becomes a witty and licentious figure who facilitates the affair between Troilus and Cressida.