2. Who is Cassandra?
Cassandra (aka: Alexandra) is the
daughter of King Priam and
Hecuba and the Sister of Paris
3. Cassandra
This enabled Cassandra and
Helenus to divine the
future.
When she was a child, she
and her brother Helenus
were left overnight in the
temple of the
Thymbraean Apollo.
When their parents
looked in on them the
next morning, the
children were entwined
with serpents, which
flicked their tongues into
the children's ears.
4. Cassandra and Apollo
After Cassandra grew up, she
spent another night at the
Temple and this time the Sun
God, Apollo, appeared before
her and tried to woo her. But
Cassandra refused Apollo thus
cursing her that her prophecies
are not to be believed.
5. Cassandra and Paris
Cassandra advises to
kill her ill-omened
brother, Paris,
because if he lives all
Troy will fall.
A few years after,
Cassandra was also
the one who
recognize Paris when
he appeared in the
court of Troy.
6. Suitors
Even if Cassandra was considered as a mad woman
her beauty was still highly regarded. Both Othryoneus
of Cabesus and Coroebus son of Mydon, asked for her
hand but both were killed in war.
7. Cassandra After the Fall of Troy
After the taking of Troy, Cassandra sought shelter at
the Temple of Athena. Where Ajax the Lesser
violently abducted her and raped her.
She was taken by Agamemnon as one of his
concubine and had twins with him – Telemadus and
Pelops
Cassandra, together with Agamemnon and the twins
were murdered by Agamemnon’s wife, Clymnestra
and Aegisthus her lover.
