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# Kassandra

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Kassandra, by Evelyn De Morgan

Kassandra or Cassandra (also Alexandra) was a person in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Priam of Troy and Hecuba, and twin sister of Helenos.

The god Apollo gave her the gift of prophecy so that she would love him, but Kassandra did not want him. This made Apollo angry, but he could only change his gift and not take it away. So he made it that Kassandra could only foresee bad things, and that no one would ever believe her.

In the Trojan War Kassandra knew of the trick with the Trojan Horse, but no one believed her, and so Troy was destroyed. After the Trojan War she became a slave of Agamemnon. She warned him that his wife Klytaimnestra would kill him. But he would not believe her, and so Agamemnon was killed, and Kassandra shortly after him.

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