List of Characters from Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

Troilus and Cressida: Dramatis Personae

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Priam, King of Troy

Hector, Troilus, Paris, Deiphobus, Helenus, his sons

Aeneas, Antenor, Trojan commanders

Calchas, a Trojan priest, taking part with the Greeks

Pandarus, uncle to Cressida

Agamemnon, the Grecian general

Menelaus, his brother

Achilles, Ajax, Ulysses, Nestor, Diomedes, Patroclus, Grecian commanders

Thersites, a deformed and scurrilous Grecian

Alexander, servant to Cressida

Servant to Troilus, Servant to Paris, Servant to Diomedes

Helen, wife to Menelaus

Andromache, wife to Hector

Cassandra, daughter to Priam, a prophetess

Cressida, daughter to Calchas

Trojan and Greek soldiers, and attendants

Scene: Troy

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