Cressida

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fictional character literary character

Cressida is a character from medieval and Renaissance literature, most famously depicted in William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Troilus and Cressida" as the lover whose fidelity to Troilus is tested during the Trojan War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cressida canonical 6
Cressida in William Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedBy Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ
John Lydgate ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
appearsInGenre romance ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
associatedWith Diomedes ⓘ
Troilus ⓘ
basedOn Briseïs ⓘ
surface form: Briseis

Chryseis ⓘ
characterType faithless lover archetype ⓘ
tragic heroine ⓘ
createdBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
culturalOrigin European literature ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Trojan War ⓘ
firstMajorLiteraryAppearance Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influenced later depictions of inconstant women in literature ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Middle English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Renaissance literature ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
nameVariant Briseïs ⓘ
surface form: Briseida

Criseida ⓘ
Criseyde ⓘ
notableFor love affair with Troilus ⓘ
questioned fidelity ⓘ
portrayedAs intelligent ⓘ
socially vulnerable ⓘ
witty ⓘ
presentInWork Guido delle Colonne's Historia destructionis Troiae ⓘ
surface form: Historia Destructionis Troiae

Il Filostrato ⓘ
Troilus and Cressida ⓘ
Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
roleInWork Troilus's lover ⓘ
setting Greek camp ⓘ
Troy ⓘ
theme constancy and inconstancy ⓘ
love and betrayal ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Troilus → associatedWith → Cressida ⓘ
Troilus and Cressida → featuresCharacter → Cressida ⓘ
The Troy Book → featuresCharacter → Cressida ⓘ
Criseyde → adaptedAs → Cressida ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cressida in William Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida
Finty Williams → givenName → Cressida ⓘ
Vicki → alsoKnownAs → Cressida ⓘ
Natalie Dormer → portrayed → Cressida ⓘ