Troilus
Americannoun
noun
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"In the house are these two beautiful stained glass panels with quotes from Shakespeare on them," she said of the twin windows inscribed with lines from "Troilus and Cressida" and "Richard II."
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2018
This autumn's RSC production of Troilus and Cressida - Barton's favourite play - will be dedicated to him.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2018
It’s obvious, for instance, why Cressida would fall for Mr. Burnap’s boyishly earnest Troilus, who looks like a long-lost member of One Direction.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2016
In Troilus and Cressida, the strangely comic character Thersites announces Ajax by saying “for, whosoever you take him to be, he is Ajax.”
From Time • Sep. 20, 2013
“And did you ever find out who Troilus was, Francie? And Cressida?”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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