Characters
- Achilles, warrior who kills Troilus and Hector in battle
- Antenor, a soldier held captive by the Greeks, led to the fall of Troy, traded for Criseyde's safety
- Calchas, a Trojan prophet who joins the Greeks
- Criseyde, Calchas' daughter
- Helen, wife to Menelaus, lover of Paris
- Pandarus, Criseyde's uncle, advises Troilus in the wooing of Criseyde
- Priam, King of Troy
- Cassandra, Daughter of Priam, a prophetess at the temple of Apollo
- Hector, Prince of Troy, fierce warrior and leader of the Trojan armies
- Troilus, Youngest son of Priam, and wooer of Criseyde
- Paris, Prince of Troy, lover of Helen
- Deiphobus, Prince of Troy, aids Troilus in the wooing of Criseyde
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