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- Cressida (/ˈkrɛsɪdə/; also Criseida, Cresseid or Criseyde) is a character who appears in many Medieval and Renaissance retellings of the story of the Trojan...
- narrates the love of Troilo (Troilus), a younger son of Priam of Troy, for Criseida (Cressida or Criseyde), daughter of Calcas (Calchas). Although its setting...
- called Briseida, but she is better known under a different name, becoming Criseida in Boccaccio's Il Filostrato, Criseyde in Chaucer, Cresseid in Robert Henryson's...
- taken up by Chaucer. Most obvious is that Troilus' love is now called Criseida or Cressida. An innovation in the narrative is the introduction of the...
- Mejía Juan Álvarez Danial Ríos Betina González Daniel Centeno Mijail Lamas Criseida Santos Guevara Carolina Dávila Mario Martz Amber Miller Mónica Teresa Ortiz...
- former island of Jarnègues at Tarascon at Duke René's. Roman de Troyle et Criseida, the first French translation of Il Filostrato by Giovanni Boccaccio, around...