Troilus Gallery

Cressida (engraving)

729547 Cressida (engraving) by Poynter, Edward John (1836-1919) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cressida. Caption reads: How Now! what is the matter? Who was here? - Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene 2. From a picture by E J Poynter, painted for The Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare's Heroines. From Supplement to The Graphic.); Look and Learn / Bernard Platman Antiquarian Collection; English, out of copyright

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"I do not strain at the position, it is familiar" Troilus and Cressida, Act III

969865 "I do not strain at the position, it is familiar" Troilus and Cressida, Act III, Scene 3 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I do not strain at the position, it is familiar." Troilus and Cressida, Act III, Scene 3. Illustration for Military Misreadings of Shakspere by Major Seccombe (Routledge, c 1880). Printed in colours by Edmund Evans.); A© Look and Learn; English, out of copyright

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Cassandra: legendary Greek prophetess, daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and Hecuba

Cassandra: legendary Greek prophetess, daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and Hecuba. Rejected Apollo's advances, so he made it so that no one believed her prophecies, even though usually true. Prophet of doom. A character in Homer: in Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida 1602: Chaucer Troilus and Cresayde c1385-1390

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