Pandarus

American  

[pan-der-uhs] / ˈpæn dər əs /

Or Pandaros

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks and the Trojans and prolonging the Trojan War: in Chaucerian and other medieval accounts, he is the procurer of Cressida for Troilus.

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Pandarus British  

/ ˈpændərəs /

noun

1. Greek myth the leader of the Lycians, allies of the Trojans in their war with the Greeks. He broke the truce by shooting Menelaus with an arrow and was killed in the ensuing battle by Diomedes

2. (in medieval legend) the procurer of Cressida on behalf of Troilus

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Example Sentences

Displaying a fresh nutbrown beard, plump, exuberant Author Christopher Morley played Pandarus, a wily, two-timing businessman of Troy, in the Roslyn, L. I. production of his play, The Trojan Horse.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has shown a siren Helen lolling against a cream-and-gold piano; he makes Pandarus frock-coated and effeminate, Thersites a disheveled cockney war photographer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pandarus oleoed between the lovers, with slicked-down hair and a Burgundy dressing gown, and made his last exit carrying a carpetbag.

From Time Magazine Archive

Athena, sweeping down to the battlefield, persuaded the foolish heart of Pandarus, a Trojan, to break the truce and shoot an arrow at Menelaus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Sudden Æneas' frighted folk behold his hated face And mighty limbs: but Pandarus breaks forth amid the place Huge, and his heart afire with rage for his lost brother's death.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William