Cassandra
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Cassandra, also spelled Kassandra or Casandra, (; , , or referred to as Alexandra; ) was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies, but never be believed. Cassandra lived through the Trojan War and survived the sack of the city, but was murdered by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus when Agamemnon brought her to Mycenae as a pallake.
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Cassandra was a Trojan priestess in Greek mythology who was cursed by the god Apollo to speak true prophecies that no one would ever believe. She survived the fall of Troy but was ultimately murdered by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus after being brought to Mycenae by Agamemnon, making her story one of tragedy and the futility of her warnings.
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Key facts
- Deity.mother
- Hecuba
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.image
- File:Cassandra fresco from Pompeii’s recently excavated Black Room.png
- Deity.caption
- Fresco of Cassandra from Pompeii’s recently excavated Black Room
- Deity.abode
- Troy, Mycenae
- Deity.consort
- Agamemnon (After being enslaved by him)
- Deity.father
- Priam
- Deity.god_of
- Trojan Princess Priestess of Apollo
- Deity.siblings
- Hector, Paris, Troilus, Creusa, Polyxena, Helenus
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16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Gift of prophecy
- Ancient sources
- Homer
- Virgil
- Seneca the Younger
- Aeschylus
- Mythology
- Before the fall of Troy
- The sack of Troy
- The aftermath of Troy and Cassandra's death
- See also
- References
- Primary sources
- Further reading
In Greek mythology, Cassandra, also spelled Kassandra or Casandra, (; , , or referred to as Alexandra; ) was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies, but never be believed. Cassandra lived through the Trojan War and survived the sack of the city, but was murdered by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus when Agamemnon brought her to Mycenae as a pallake.
In contemporary usage, her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate predictions, generally of impending disaster, are not believed.