Pandarus or
Pandar (,
Pándaros) is a Trojan aristocrat who appears in stories about the
Trojan War. In Homer's
Iliad he is portrayed as an energetic and impetuous warrior, but in medieval literature he becomes a witty and licentious figure who facilitates the affair between
Troilus and
Cressida. In Shakespeare's play
Troilus and Cressida he is portrayed as an aged degenerate and coward, who ends the play by telling the audience he will bequeath them his "diseases".