Cassandra · Atlas

in the texts

OrationsImperial · Greek

Trojan prophetess, priestess of Apollo, daughter of Priam.

and that Cassandra, an all-holy maiden, priestess of Apollo, should be violated in the precinct of Athena, clinging to the statue, and that this should be done by none of the base nor the unworthy, but by one who was among the best;

oration 11 ¶

and the Trojans suspecting the matter and resolving to burn the horse or cut it in two, but doing none of these, but drinking and sleeping, and that too with Cassandra foretelling it to them.

oration 11 ¶

And Homer says that Cassandra fell not short of Aphrodite in form.

oration 33 ¶

HecubaClassical · Greek

Prophetic daughter of Hecuba and Priam, now Agamemnon's captive concubine; her prophetic gift and her bond with Agamemnon are both invoked in the window without her appearing on stage.

where, you Trojan maidens, can I find inspired Helenus or Cassandra, that they may read me my dream?

hecuba ¶

you are surely not bringing here frenzied Cassandra, the prophetic maid?

hecuba ¶

There was Agamemnon, all eagerness in your interest, because of his love for the frenzied prophetess;

hecuba ¶

IliadClassical · Greek

Fairest daughter of Priam, sought in marriage by Othryoneus.

He sought Cassandra the fairest of Priam's daughters in marriage, but offered no gifts of wooing, for he promised a great thing, to wit, that he would drive the sons of the Achaeans, like it or not, from Troy;

book 13 ¶

No one neither man nor woman saw them, till Cassandra, fair as golden Aphrodite standing on Pergamos, caught sight of her dear father in his chariot, and his servant that was the city's herald with him.

book 24 ¶

AndromacheClassical · Greek

Trojan prophetess, daughter of Priam, who foretold that the infant Paris would destroy Troy.

Would God his mother had smitten him a cruel death-blow on the head before he made his home on Ida’s slopes, in the hour Cassandra, standing by the holy bay-tree, cried out, Slay him, for he will bring most grievous bane on Priam’s town.

andromache ¶

Iphigenia in AulisClassical · Greek

Trojan princess and prophetess, daughter of Priam, imagined by the chorus wildly prophesying under divine inspiration.

where Cassandra, I am told, wildly tosses her golden tresses, wreathed with crown of green laurel, whenever the god’s resistless prophecies inspire her.

iphigenia in aulis ¶

The Trojan WomenClassical · Greek

Trojan princess and Apollo's prophetess, driven to frenzy, who is given to Agamemnon as a concubine and foretells doom for her captors even as she is led away.

Cassandra, whom the lord Apollo left to be a virgin, frenzied maid, has been forced by Agamemnon, in contempt of the god’s ordinance and of piety, to a dishonored wedlock.

the trojan women ¶

Therefore, mother, you should not pity your country or my bed, for this my marriage will destroy those whom you and I most hate.

the trojan women ¶

Since you, my mother, are busied with tears and lamentations in your mourning for my father’s death and for our country dear, I at my own nuptials am making this torch to blaze and show its light, giving to you, O Hymen, giving, O Hecate, a light, at the maiden’s wedding, as the custom is.

the trojan women ¶

OdysseyClassical · Greek

Priam's daughter, killed by Clytemnestra at the same feast where Agamemnon is murdered.

I heard Priam's daughter Cassandra scream as Clytemnestra killed her close beside me.

book 11 ¶

ChrestomathyLate Antiquity · Greek

Trojan prophetess who foretells coming disaster.

and Cassandra reveals beforehand what is to come.

chrestomathy ¶