Cassandra

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Cassandra is a figure from Greek mythology, a Trojan princess and prophetess cursed to utter true prophecies that no one would ever believe.

Aliases (2)

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan princess
figure in Greek mythology
prophetess
associatedConcept Cassandra complex
associatedWith Trojan War
Troy
capturedBy Agamemnon
causeOfCurse rejected Apollo’s advances
culture Ancient Greek mythology
cursedBy Apollo
curseEffect her true prophecies were never believed
father Priam
foretold Agamemnon’s death
her own death
gender female
ignoredBy Hecuba
Priam
Trojan people
influenceOnModernCulture metaphor for ignored warnings in politics and science
killedBy Aegisthus
Clytemnestra
languageOfName Ancient Greek
literaryAppearance Aeschylus’ Agamemnon
Euripides’ Hecuba
Euripides’ Trojan Women
Homer’s Iliad
mother Hecuba
nameMeaning possibly “she who entangles men” or “she who shines upon men”
propheticAbility foretold the fall of Troy
uttered true prophecies that were not believed
religion worshipper of Apollo
roleInMyth warned Trojans about the Trojan Horse
sibling Deiphobus
Hector
Helenus
Paris
Polyxena
Troilus
statusAfterFallOfTroy war prize of Agamemnon
symbolism unheeded prophet
voice of ignored truth
takenTo Mycenae
twinSibling Helenus

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Cassandra ("Cassandra complex")
associatedConcept
Troilus and Criseyde
containsCharacter
Cass Gilbert ("Cass")
givenName
Apollo
lover
Troilus
siblingOf

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