Pandion (pandion)

[NL., merly also pand or; and Shakspere's play "Troilus and Cre ida," procured for Troilus the love and good graces of Cre ida (in Chaucer Criseyde). The name appears in the fabulous histories of Dictys Cretensis and Dares Phrygius as that of a soldier. No such person is mentioned in ancient literature; but Homer and Virgil mention a Pandar us (Gr. Πάνδαρος ) who was a leader of the Lycians, auxiliary to the Trojans; and Virgil mentions another Pandar us, a son of Alcanor, companion of Æneas.] 1. One who caters for the lusts of others; a male bawd; a pimp or procurer. If you ever prove false to one another, since I have taken such pains to bring you together, let all pitiful goers-between be called to the world's end after my name; call them all Pandars ; let all constant men be Troiluses, all false women Cre ids, and all brokers-between Pan dars! Shak., T. and C., III. 2. 210. Hence-2. One who ministers to the gratifica- tion of any of the baser pa ions of others. What goodly Body's spruce hypocrisy Should to his filthy mind the Pander be. nd. Beaumder Psyche, 1. 49. of