Cassandra: legendary Greek prophetess, daughter

Cassandra: legendary Greek prophetess, daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and Hecuba. Rejected Apollo's advances, so he made it so that no one believed her prophecies, even though usually true. Prophet of doom. A character in Homer; in Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida 1602; Chaucer Troilus and Cresayde circa 1385-1390

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