Editing Cressida (section)

{{Short description|Character in Troilus and Cressida}}
{{Other uses|Cressida (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Kirk-TroilusCressidaAct1.jpg|thumb|Cressida depicted by Thomas Kirk]]
'''Cressida''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|ɛ|s|ᵻ|d|ə}}; also '''Criseida''', '''Cresseid''' or '''Criseyde''') is a character who appears in many [[Medieval literature|Medieval]] and [[Renaissance literature|Renaissance]] retellings of the story of the [[Trojan War]]. She is a Trojan woman, the daughter of [[Calchas]], a Greek seer. She falls in love with [[Troilus]], the youngest son of King [[Priam]], and pledges everlasting love, but when she is sent to the Greeks as part of a hostage exchange, she forms a liaison with the Greek warrior [[Diomedes]]. In later culture she becomes an archetype of a faithless lover.