num_pages: 256
description: A Trojan prince becomes disillusioned with love and war after the deceit of his beloved Cressida and the death of Hector
language: English
title: Troilus and Cressida
titlecomplete: Troilus and Cressida
characters: Helen of Troy, Troilus's servant, Priam, Hector of Troy, Diomedes, Helenus, Pandarus, Nestor, Margareton, Troilus, Odysseus, Agamemnon, Thersites, Andromache, Calchas, Menelaus, Cassandra, Diomedes's servant, Achilles, Criseyde, Paris, Ajax, Patroclus, Aeneas, Antenor, Deiphobus, Alexander, Paris's servant
genres: Literature, British Literature, Classics, Drama, Plays, 17th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre
ratings_count: 11119
places: Troy
publisher: Penguin Classics