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CRESSIDA
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: KRES-ə-də (English) [key]
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Medieval form of CHRYSEIS. Various medieval tales describe her as a woman of Troy, daughter of Calchus, who leaves her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek hero Diomedes. Shakespeare's play 'Troilus and Cressida' (1602) was based on these tales. |
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