Pandarus

Pandarus, centre, with Cressida, illustration to Troilus and Cressida by Thomas Kirk.

Pandarus /ˈpændərəs/ or Pandar /ˈpændər/ (Ancient Greek: Πάνδαρος Pándaros) is a Trojan aristocrat who appears in stories about the Trojan War.

In Homer's Iliad he is portrayed as an energetic and powerful warrior, but in medieval literature he becomes a witty and licentious figure who facilitates the affair between Troilus and Cressida.

In Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida, he is portrayed as an aged degenerate and coward[1] who ends the play by telling the audience he will bequeath them his "diseases".[2]

  1. ^ "Pandarus in Troilus and Cressida". www.shmoop.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Troilus and Cressida. Act V. Scene X. William Shakespeare. 1914. The Oxford Shakespeare". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.