Cassandra
（
Κασσάνδρα). The daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was
beloved by Apollo, and promised to listen to his addresses, provided he would grant her the
knowledge of futurity. This knowledge she obtained, but she was regardless of her promise; and
Apollo, in revenge, determined that no credit should ever be attached to her predictions.
Hence her warnings respecting the downfall of Troy, and the subsequent misfortunes of the
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race, were disregarded by her countrymen. When Troy was taken, she fled for shelter
to the Temple of Athené, but was exposed there to the brutality of Aiax, the son of
Oïleus. In the division of the spoils she fell to the share of Agamemnon, and was
assassinated with him on his return to Mycenae. (See
Agamemnon.) Cassandra was called Priameïs from her father; and Alexandra, as
the sister of Alexander or Paris.
