| 1 | * AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: These are changes that the play made from the Iliad. |
| 2 | ** Pandarus is lecherous and scheming (which is where the word "pandering" come from), although the Iliad mentions him as a well trained soldier and a noble fighter. Shakespeare got his interpretation from the works of Chaucer, not the Iliad. That said, the Iliad's Pandarus was also tempted by a god and broke the truce between the Greeks and Trojans, believing this would bring him wealth and glory. |
| 3 | ** Shakespeare's Achilles is very different from the character in Homer. He actually supports the idea of peace! The Achilles of the Iliad would be disgusted by the thought. |
| 4 | ** Hector is far more vicious to his wife, whom he loves very dearly in the Iliad. Interesting to note that the Iliad portrays women far more equally than Shakespeare's play. |
| 5 | * HoYay: Achilles and Hector, each of whom is curiously obsessed with [[DoubleEntendre seeing the other unarmed]]. |
| 6 | * ValuesDissonance: Pandarus comments how he wouldn't change his opinion of Cressida even if she was black and a moor. |
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