Troilus

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• The literary transmission of the story, translated into many languages and widely circulated throughout Western Europe, would have made his readers familiar with Troilus and Criseida by the time Boccaccio wrote.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I just want to tell you, Troilus, when you took off that armor, Hector aside, you were the prettiest man in the world.

  Fiction book (1996)

• When I heard about Troilus, though I was prepared for them all to die, I had trouble standing.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I suppose Troilus was rebounding too; though he always wanted to die young.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The story of Troilus is thus a model to shun, not to imitate.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Kinney offers close readings of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.

  Academic text (1993)

• As it happens, Shakespeare uses it most often in a series of plays that have strong sexual themes: Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Othello.

  Academic text (1998)

• The story of Troilus and Criseida is, after all, primarily one of betrayal, a fact which Filostrato overlooks in interest in Troiolo's pain.

  Fiction book (1991)

• In Shakespeare's play, "Troilus and Cressida," Troilus is portrayed as a tragic lover caught in the chaos of war.

• The character of Troilus in Greek mythology symbolizes the pain of love and loss during the Trojan War.

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