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Cassandra was a princess of Troy who was gifted with prophecy after spending the night in Apollo's temple as a child. However, when she refused Apollo's romantic advances, he cursed her so that her prophecies would never be believed. During the Trojan War, Cassandra correctly predicted many events but was dismissed as mad. After Troy fell, she was taken by Agamemnon and bore his sons, but both she and Agamemnon were later murdered by his wife upon their return home.

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Larkin's Cassandra Powerpoint

Cassandra was a princess of Troy who was gifted with prophecy after spending the night in Apollo's temple as a child. However, when she refused Apollo's romantic advances, he cursed her so that her prophecies would never be believed. During the Trojan War, Cassandra correctly predicted many events but was dismissed as mad. After Troy fell, she was taken by Agamemnon and bore his sons, but both she and Agamemnon were later murdered by his wife upon their return home.

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Cassandra

Daughter of Troy
PowerPoint by Larkin Berrier
3-2-11
G Block
Early Life
She was the daughter of the King and Queen of Troy,
Priam and Hecuba. Cassandra had a twin brother named
Helenus. Stories say that one night she and Helenus spent
the night in Apollo’s temple in Troy as tradition calls for. The
next morning, when their parents came to check on them,
snakes were surrounding them and flicking their tongues into
the children’s ears. Because of this, Cassandra and Helenus
were able to see and predict the future.

Cassandra

Helenus

Adult Life
When Cassandra grew up, she became a
priestess of Apollo and his head prophetess in
the Trojan temple. Apollo became infatuated
with her and attempted to woo her. She
refused him, which angered Apollo. For
punishment, he cursed poor Cassandra so that
no one would believe her prophecies and would
mistake it for madness. This curse stuck with
her for her entire life except for when Paris
returned to Troy. Cassandra identified him as
her brother.
The Trojan War
Cassandra spent most of the War
locked in a tower. She had predicted
lots of misfortunes of Troy (Hector’s
death, Trojan horse), but her prophesies
were taken as “the ranting of a
madwoman” and King Priam locked her up.

Death of Hector

Trojan Horse

After the Horse
While the Greek army was rampaging Troy,
Cassandra took shelter in the Temple of Athena.
Ajax the Lesser found her there and took her to
Agamemnon as a spoil of war. Agamemnon made
her his consort and she had twin sons, Teledamus
and Pelops, with him. When Agamemnon returned
to Mycenae, Cassandra was with him. Upon their
arrival, Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra, killed
them both. Clytemnestra’s consort Aegisthus
killed the boys.
Cassandra in the
Temple. 
Her mother, Hecuba

Timeline
She predicts the Trojan
Horse.
Cassandra takes refuge in
the Temple of Athena during
Apollo curses Cassandra, the sacking of Troy. Ajax the
Cassandra is born in
allowing no one to believe her Lesser finds her and rapes
Troy along with her
prophesies. her.
twin, Helenus.

Cassandra spends the night Trojan War She is given to Agamemnon.


in the temple of Apollo. starts. They return to Mycenae and
She gains the ability to see
are murdered by Clytemnestra.
the future.

Cassandra making a prophecy.

Her father, Priam

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