Criseida

E480498

Criseida is the tragic beloved of Troilo in Giovanni Boccaccio’s medieval Italian poem "Il Filostrato," a key early version of the Troilus and Cressida love story.

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Criseida canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional woman ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
tragic heroine ⓘ
appearsIn Il Filostrato ⓘ
associatedWith Troilo ⓘ
Troy ⓘ
medieval Italian literature ⓘ
basedOn Chryseis from the Trojan War tradition ⓘ
characterType tragic lover ⓘ
createdBy Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ
genreContext courtly love narrative ⓘ
medieval romance ⓘ
influenced Chaucer’s Criseyde ⓘ
later Cressida portrayals in English literature ⓘ
languageOfWork Italian ⓘ
literaryTradition Italian Trecento literature ⓘ
medium narrative poetry ⓘ
nameVariantOf Chryseis ⓘ
Cressida ⓘ
narrativeRole central female protagonist in Il Filostrato ⓘ
love interest of Troilo ⓘ
relatedWork Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
William Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida ⓘ
roleInWork beloved of Troilo ⓘ
settingOfCharacter Trojan War ⓘ
storyCycle Troilus and Cressida tradition ⓘ
theme fickleness in love ⓘ
love and betrayal ⓘ
timeOfCreationOfCharacter 14th century ⓘ
workDateContext Il Filostrato composed circa 1335–1340 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Il Filostrato → mainCharacter → Criseida ⓘ
Criseyde → basedOn → Criseida ⓘ
Cressida → nameVariant → Criseida ⓘ
Troilo → hasLover → Criseida ⓘ
Filostrato → mainCharacter → Criseida ⓘ
Filostrato → hasProtagonist → Criseida ⓘ