Troilus And Criseyde Author:Geoffrey Chaucer During the great siege of Troy, quizzing the girls in the temple, Troilus sees Criseyde and falls in love with her. Later, with the help of Pandarus, the first great comic character of English literature, Troilus wins Criseyde's love and this is the beginning of his real joy, just as later it is to cause his sorrow and death. — Troilus and Crisey... more »de (c.1380-85) is both comedy and tragedy. Nevill Coghill counts himself among those who believe it to be the most beautiful long poem in the English language. In it Chaucer 'meditates on the nature of love as it enraptures and afflicts us in this sublunary world'.« less