Heroine

Cassandra

Κασσάνδρα

Overview

Trojan princess and prophetess cursed so that her true prophecies would not be believed.

Trojan War

Prophecy, laurel

No children recorded.

Beyond Antiquity

Cassandra still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.

Today: A modern term for warnings that are repeatedly ignored or disbelieved.

Derived from Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess whose true predictions were doomed to be ignored.