Cassandra of Troy

Jun 28, 2021 · 29m 53s
Cassandra of Troy
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Cassandra is the daughter of the Trojan king Priam and Queen Hecuba. Sister of Helenus, Paris, and Hector. We know she was the priestess of Apollo and she took a...

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Cassandra is the daughter of the Trojan king Priam and Queen Hecuba. Sister of Helenus, Paris, and Hector. We know she was the priestess of Apollo and she took a sacred vow of chastity to remain a virgin for life. The god Apollo cursed her with a gift of prophecy which always was accurate but no one would ever believe it or remember it after. This curse turned out to be an example of almost perfect cruelty.


CHRISTENSEN, J. Primary Source Material for Kassandra in Myth
SALAPATA, G. (2002) Myth into cult: Alexandra/Kassandra in Lakonia. Published in V.B. Gorman and E. Robinson (eds), Oikistes: Studies in Constitution, Colonies and Military Power in the Ancient World. Offered in Honor of A. J. Graham. Leiden: Brill (2002), pp. 131-159.
KLEIBRINK, M. Cassandra on Seals. Ring stone images as self-representations: an example in B.J.L. van den Bercken, V.C.P. Baan (eds.), Papers on archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities 14, Leiden, pp. 31-47.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
EDER, B. Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Amyklai and Amyklaion
SCHEIN, S.The Cassandra Scene in Aeschylus Agamemnon. Greece & Rome 29 (1982) 11-16. Cambridge University Press
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