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Cassandra
[kuh-san-druh]
noun
Also called Alexandra.ĢżClassical Mythology.Ģża 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 āhelper of men.ā
Cassandra
/ °ģÉĖ²õƦ²Ō»å°łÉ /
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.
Example Sentences
R&B singer Cassandra āCassieā Ventura, who had a long relationship with Combs, was an early key witness in the prosecutionās case.
āBrad Pitt probably has to stay sequestered in a tower in a castle somewhere ā it becomes no fun at all,ā said Cassandra Peterson, the actor better known as the macabre movie hostess Elvira.
She focused on the two central victims in the case - Mr Combs' former girlfriend, Cassandra Ventura, and another unnamed former girlfriend.
āI must know if she is to be married!ā cries Isabella, regarding Anne Elliot, the heroine of Janeās āPersuasion,ā which Cassandra has been reading aloud.
The fictional account focuses on Janeās sister, Cassandra, and her decision to destroy much of Janeās correspondence from over the years ā something rooted in fact.
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