T & C summaries

• Book 1

  - narrator invokes the aid of Tisiphone, a Fury of vengeance, to tell the story

  - Criseyde's dad warns that Troy will fall; he flees and Criseyde seeks protection from Hector

  - Troilus scorns love; Cupid strikes him and he falls in love with Criseyde; he becomes ill with his love.
• Book 2

  - Invokes Clio (muse of history)

  - P tells C that T will kill himself if she does not accept him; they look out the window and she thinks he's attractive

  - C contemplates T as a partner

  - C dreams of a white eagle that plucks out her heart and replaces it with its own heart

  - They write letters; P arranges a meeting
• Book 3

  - Invokes the Goddess of Love, Venus + Calliope (muse of epic)

  - T & C pledge their love

  - T listens in to a conversation between P & C about jealousy; T & C consummate their love
• Book 4

  - Describes Fortune

  - Asks that we treat Criseyde with mercy

  - The Greek beat Trojan soldiers; they take a Trojan lord who is traded for Criseyde

  - Troilus considers suicide; they arrange that she will escape the camp after 10 days
• Book 5

  - addresses the Fates

  - T delivers C; gives her a brooch; D tries to win her hand

  - P urges C to return, but weeks pass with no escape; P tells C that T will die; C starts a secret relationship with D

  - T has a dream of C sleeping with a boar

  - T's men seize D's cloak which has T's brooch; he devotes himself to war

  - From Heaven, he sees God's perfect love; more reliable than mortal love
• who is invoked at the start of book 1?

  Tisiphone (Fury - vengeance and Chaos)
• who is invoked at the start of book 2?

  Clio (muse of history)
• who is invoked at the start of book 3?

  The Goddess of Love, Venus, and Calliope (the muse of epic)
• who is discussed at the start of book 4?

  Fortune
• Who is invoked at the start of book 5?

  The Fates