- Alternative Character Interpretation: These are changes that the play made from the Iliad.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ho Yay: Achilles and Hector, each of whom is curiously obsessed with seeing the other unarmed.
- Values Dissonance: Pandarus comments how he wouldn't change his opinion of Cressida even if she was black and a moor.
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