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A son of King Priam of Troy, depicted as Cressida’s lover in medieval romance.
noun - a large butterfly
TROILUS - Troilus (English: or ; Ancient Greek: , translit. Troïlos; Latin: Troilus) is a legendary character associated with the story of the Trojan War. T...
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| Warrior who says, "Call here my varlet; I'll unarm again; why should I war without the walls of Troy...." |
| This lover of Cressida was killed by Achilles |
| This character who loved Cressida was a prince of Troy |
| This title Shakespearean guy's second line is "The Greeks are strong and skilful to their strength" |
| This son of Hecuba & title character of a Shakespeare play was ambushed & killed by Achilles |
| This son of Hecuba is the title character of a Shakespeare play |
| He tells Cressida's uncle, "I tell thee I am mad in Cressid's love" |
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Troilus (English: or ; Ancient Greek: , translit. Troïlos; Latin: Troilus) is a legendary character associated with the story of the Trojan War. The first surviving reference to him is in Homer's Iliad, which some scholars theorize was composed by bards and sung in the late 9th or 8th century BC.In Greek mythology, Troilus is a young Trojan prince, one of the sons of King Priam (or Apollo) and Hecuba. Prophecies link Troilus' fate to that of Troy and so he is ambushed and murdered by Achilles. Sophocles was one of the writers to tell this tale. It was also a popular theme among artists of the time. Ancient writers treated Troilus as the epitome of a dead child mourned by his parents. He was also regarded as a paragon of youthful male beauty. * In Western European medieval and Renaissance versions of the legend, Troilus is the youngest of Priam's five legitimate sons by Hecuba. Despite his youth he is one of the main Trojan war leaders. He dies in battle at Achilles' hands. In a popular |