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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The leader of the Lycians, slain by Diomedes in the Iliad.
  • noun The procurer of Cressida for Troilus in medieval romance.

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  • proper noun Greek mythology An archer on the side of Troy in the Trojan War who precipitates the war by breaking a truce.

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  • I'm sure it will all come rushing back "Quod Pandarus, 'Thow wrecched mouses herte" and all that.

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  • Her comparison results in observing the complexity of Chaucer's treatment of the beginning of Book II, Pandarus awakening to hear the swallow "Proigne", a realization she delightfully calls a "clincher".

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  • Pandarus in the AEneid, ready to defend the entrance if aught hostile had ventured an intrusion.

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  • When I first studied Chaucer, I had an older male prof who clearly identified with Pandarus.

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  • Her comparison results in observing the complexity of Chaucer's treatment of the beginning of Book II, Pandarus awakening to hear the swallow "Proigne", a realization she delightfully calls a "clincher".

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  • When I first studied Chaucer, I had an older male prof who clearly identified with Pandarus.

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