Cressida name - Meaning of Cressida

Cressida name - Meaning of Cressida

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Gender
Feminine
Lucky Number
6
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Usage
Literature
Pronounced
KRES-ə-də (English)
Cressida Meaning
Medieval form of Chryseis. Various medieval tales describe her as a woman of Troy, daughter of Calchus, who leaves her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek hero Diomedes. Shakespeare 's play 'Troilus and Cressida' (1602) was based on these tales.

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