The Roles of Calkas, Helen, and Cassandra in Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Author / Editor
Peyton, Henry H.,III.

Title
The Roles of Calkas, Helen, and Cassandra in Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Published
Interpretations 7 (1975): 8-12.

Description
Although only minor characters, Calkas, Helen, and Cassandra contribute significantly both to the double sorrow of Troilus and to the reader's knowledge of the origin, progress, and inevitable outcome of the conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.