By the time of John Dryden 's neo-classical adaptation of Shakespeare 's Troilus and Cressida it is the ultimate failure of his love affair that defines the character .
Second , he becomes an active heterosexual lover , rather than the passive victim of Achilles ' pederasty .
By the time of John Dryden 's neo-classical adaptation of Shakespeare 's Troilus and Cressida Achilles is the ultimate Achilles of his love affair that defines the character .
Second , he becomes an active heterosexual lover , rather than the passive victim of Achilles ' pederasty .