Cassandra

Cassandra in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Cassandra (Greek: Κασσάνδρα, "she who entangles men",[1] also known as Alexandra[2]) was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy. In an alternative version, she spent a night at Apollo's temple, at which time the temple snakes licked her ears clean so t...

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Cassandra in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(*Kassa/ndra), also called Alexandra (Paus. 3.19.5, 26.3), was the fairest among the daughters of Priam and Hecabe. There are two points in her story which have furnished the ancient poets with ample materials to dilate upon. The first is her prophetic power, concerning which we have the following traditions : Cassandra and Hellenus, when yet ...

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