Diomed, the Large Tongued Greek

Author / Editor
Peyton, Henry H.,III.

Title
Diomed, the Large Tongued Greek

Published
Interpretations 6 (1974): 1-6.

Description
That Diomed was indeed "of tonge large" is to be evinced from his conversations with Criseyde in Book V. His large tongue becomes a symbol of the eventuality of Criseyde's infidelity and of Troilus' tragic demise, as well as of the inevitability of a Greek victory at Troy.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.