Troilus and Criseyde : Characters
Troilus and Criseyde is a notable literary work by Geoffrey Chaucer. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, to various questions of Troilus and Criseyde.
Characters
Major Characters
- Troilus: (Protagonist & Hero). Son of Trojan King Priam.
- Criseyde: (Heroine) Troilus’s beloved. A widow and daughter of Calchas.
- Pandarus: Criseyde’s uncle, Narrator.
- Diomedes: Criseyde’s lover in the Greek camp. Greek warrior.
- Calchas: A soothsayer, father of Criseyde.
- Hector: A Trojan Warrior, Troilus’s brother.
- Antenor: A general of Troy, Trojan lord.
- Achilles: Great Greek soldier who killed Troilus.
Minor Characters
- Priam: King of Troy.
- Deiphobus: Elder brother of Troilus
- Fate: Antagonist
- Cassandra: Daughter of Priam, a prophetess at the temple of Apollo
- Paris: Prince of Troy, lover of Helen
- Helen: Wife to Menelaus, lover of Paris
- Cupid: God of Love (Greek name is Eros)