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Cassandra
[ kuh-san-druh ]
noun
- Also called Alexandra. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, a prophet cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies, though true, were fated never to be believed.
- a person who prophesies doom or disaster.
- a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “helper of men.”
Cassandra
/ əˈæԻə /
noun
- Greek myth a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed
- anyone whose prophecies of doom are unheeded
Cassandra
- In classical mythology , a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War (see also Trojan War ) whose predictions, although true, were never believed by those around her. Apollo had given her the gift of prophecy but made it worthless after she refused his amorous advances. The Greeks captured Cassandra after their victory and sacrilegiously removed her from the temple of Athena . As a result, Athena helped cause shipwrecks and enormous loss of life to the Greeks on their return home.
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“I must know if she is to be married!” cries Isabella, regarding Anne Elliot, the heroine of Jane’s “Persuasion,” which Cassandra has been reading aloud.
The fictional account focuses on Jane’s sister, Cassandra, and her decision to destroy much of Jane’s correspondence from over the years — something rooted in fact.
The trial is expected to last at least eight weeks, with Combs' former partner Cassandra Ventura among those expected to give evidence.
Spencer spent the last several decades of his life as a kind of Cassandra, offering advice many in the Republican Party chose to neither hear nor heed.
Yes, there were Cassandras back then who saw where this was going and urged newspapers to prepare.
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