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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.
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 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 ...
Cassandra is narrated from the perspective of Cassandra, seeress and daughter of King Priam of Troy. Not only is this representation of Cassandra distinct from those in classical works [ 3 ] because of her unique narrative voice, but also this version of the story of the Trojan War , through its contradiction or reversal of many of the legends ...
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 ...
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The Phrygian Sibyl is most well known for being conflated with Cassandra, Priam's daughter in Homer's Iliad. [25] ... Hale, John R. and others (2003).