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Pandarus , in Greek legend, a Trojan warrior. In the Trojan War (as recounted in Homer's Iliad ) he broke the truce by wounding Menelaus and soon after was killed by Diomed. In the medieval romance of Troilus and Cressida, Pandarus is the name of the lascivious intermediary between the lovers. The word pander is derived from the latter story.

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Pandarus a Lycian fighting on the side of the Trojans, described in the Iliad as breaking the truce with the Greeks by wounding Menelaus with an arrow. The role as the lovers' go-between that he plays in Chaucer's (and later Shakespeare's) story of Troilus and Cressida originated with Boccaccio and is also the origin of the word pander.

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Pandarus, in classical legend, a son of Lycaon who assisted the Trojans in their war against the Greeks. The role that he plays in Chaucer's and Shakespeare's stories of Troilus and Criseyde (Cressida) was the invention of Boccaccio in his Filostrato (where he is called Pandaro). In Boccaccio he is the cousin of Cressida. Chaucer changes him from her cousin to her uncle and guardian, increasing the sense of irresponsibility towards her in arranging the love affair. His role plays a striking part in the atmosphere of sourness in which the events of Shakespeare's play occur. The word ‘pander’ (as Shakespeare says: v. x. 34) derives from his role as go-between for Troilus and Criseyde.

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