Aeneas enters with news of the exchange. The lovers give parting speeches. Diomedes enters, faces down Troilus, and brings Cressida back to the Greek camp. Hector and the Trojans enter the Greek camp for Hector's combat with Ajax. They fight to a pause and then Hector says he'd like to stop the fight, because Ajax is his cousin and half Trojan.
Hector visits the Greek tents for a friendly dinner.
Act V starts with Achilles planning to get Hector drunk so that he'll be easier to kill the next day. Achilles loves her, so maybe he won't fight. Troilus and Ulysses go to Calchas' tent where they watch as Cressida flirts with Diomedes and lets him take Troilus' sleeve, a love token. Back in Troy, Priam and family try to keep Hector from going out to fight for the day. Diomede and Troilus fight and Diomede gets Troilus' horse, which he sends to Cressida as a gift.