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Troilus
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Troi·lus  (troils, tr-ls)
n.
A son of King Priam of Troy, depicted as Cressida's lover in medieval romance.
Troilus [ˈtrɔɪləs ˈtrəʊɪləs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the youngest son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, slain at Troy. In medieval romance he is portrayed as the lover of Cressida
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121-22) that ostensibly warns 'faire Dames' of the ravages of time, 'natures giftes soone weare and waste away', but in fact soon turns into a misogynist rant with Henryson's version of Cressid as the awful example: Hir comly corpes that Troylus did delight All puft with plages full lothsomly there lay: Hir Azurde vaines, her Cristall skinne so whight, With Purple spots, was falne in great decay.
Misogyny and the Complete Gentleman in Early Elizabethan Printed ... by Heale, Elizabeth / Yearbook of English Studies
 
 
 
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