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Cassandra was a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her elder brother was Hector, the hero of the Greek-Trojan War. The older and most common versions of the myth state that she was admired by the god Apollo, who sought to win her love by means of the gift of seeing the future.
Aesacus's mother is Arisbe, daughter of Merops. Hecuba, daughter of Dymas is the mother of Hector, Paris, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, Troilus (Troilus may be the son of Apollo), Laodice, Polyxena, Cassandra and Creusa. In Mozart's opera, Idomeneo, Ilia is mentioned as another daughter of Priam.
Cassandra was a daughter of Priam, the King of Troy. Struck by her beauty, Apollo provided her with the gift of prophecy —either on the condition that she agree to accept his romantic advances, or without prior agreement from Cassandra, depending on the source—but when Cassandra refused Apollo's romantic advances, he placed a curse on her ...
Priam is said to have fathered fifty sons and many daughters, with his chief wife Hecuba, daughter of the Phrygian king Dymas and many other wives and concubines. These children include famous mythological figures such as Hector , Paris , Helenus , Cassandra , Deiphobus , Troilus , Laodice , Polyxena , Creusa , and Polydorus .
Cassandra, a Trojan princess as daughter of King Priam and Hecuba. [1] Cassandra, another name for Philonoe, [2] wife of Bellerophon. [3] Otherwise, she was also known under several other names: Alkimedousa, [3] Anticleia, [4] or Pasandra. [5] By the hero, Cassandra became the mother of Isander , [6] Hippolochus and Laodamia.
Cassandra, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, displays the gift of prophecy. (S Getty Images (3) Taylor Swift is known to hide a secret message in her songs — and “Cassandra” from The ...
Cassandra, Troilus and Cressida, Edwin Austin Abbey (c. 1908) In Troy, King Priam and his sons debate the wisdom of continuing the war, when they can end it by returning Helen to the Greeks. Hector, supported by his brother Helenus, argues eloquently that while the theft of Helen may have been a brave act, she cannot be worth the great and ...
She was a skater many of the girls looked up to, said Mauricio Lastres, whose 5-year-old daughter skates at Ashburn. “I made a huge thing about the fact that my daughter, being 5, joined a dance ...