Cassandra: legendary Greek prophetess, daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and Hecuba. Rejected Apollo's advances, so he made it so that no one believed her prophecies, even though usually true. Prophet of doom. A character in Homer; in Shakespeare 'Troilus and Cressida' 1602; Chaucer 'Troilus and Cresayde' c1385-1390.

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Cassandra: legendary Greek prophetess, daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and Hecuba. Rejected Apollo's advances, so he made it so that no one believed her prophecies, even though usually true. Prophet of doom. A character in Homer; in Shakespeare 'Troilus and Cressida' 1602; Chaucer 'Troilus and Cresayde' c1385-1390.

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