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Woodcut illustration of Cassandra's prophecy of the fall of Troy (at left) and her death (at right), from an Incunable German translation by Heinrich Steinhöwel of Giovanni Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris, printed by Johann Zainer at Ulm ca. 1474. Cassandra was one of the many children born to the king and queen of Troy, Priam and Hecuba.
The Cassandra Martyrs of Charity were a group of twelve Catholic and Protestant religious workers who perished in the sinking of the M/V Doña Cassandra off the coast of Surigao on November 21, 1983. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
MV Doña Cassandra: Unknown 21 November 1983 [13] 167 [13] Unknown Unknown Capsized off the coast of Surigao del Norte after being battered by strong gusts caused by Typhoon Warling (Orchid). [13] Historically notable for the death of the Cassandra Martyrs of Charity. [14] [15] [16] MV Doña Josefina: Unknown 24 April 1986 34 130+ 260
Hecuba rages inconsolably against the brutality of such an action, and resolves to take revenge. Agamemnon enters, and Hecuba, tentatively at first and then boldly requests that Agamemnon help her avenge her son's murder. Hecuba's daughter Cassandra is a concubine of Agamemnon so the two have some relationship to protect and Agamemnon listens.
Olesya Taylor and her 12-year-old daughter Olivia were among the 67 people who died in the D.C. plane crash on Jan. 29. Friend Olga Konopelko, who spoke with Olesya shortly before the doomed ...
Veteran And 'Devoted Father,' 68, Stabbed To Death On New Year’s Eve: Police Authorities in Denver have arrested Elijah Caudill, 24, in connection to a series of four stabbings, resulting in two ...
Just one year after tragedy, more heartache has hit the Roberts family. Betty Lou Bredemus, mother of Julia Roberts and grandmother of young starlet Emma Roberts, died Thursday morning at St. John ...
The Trojan Women (Ancient Greek: Τρῳάδες, romanized: Trōiades, lit."The Female Trojans") is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, produced in 415 BCE.Also translated as The Women of Troy, or as its transliterated Greek title Troades, The Trojan Women presents commentary on the costs of war through the lens of women and children. [1]