Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Troilus.
In play
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Troilus and Cressida
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's bitter Trojan comedy made Troilus the betrayed lover — medieval romance grafted onto the Iliad's doomed prince.
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Troilus
Achilles' ambush of the young Trojan at the fountain remains vase-painting's favourite Troilus scene — youth cut down before the war's end.