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Definition of Cassandra

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed.

Definition of Cassandra

1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) Daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba, who captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future. However, she was destined to never be believed. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek female given name). ¹

3. Proper noun. A person who makes predictions which are never believed but turn out to be true. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Cassandra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"cassandra Apollo! Apollo! Again! Oh, the burning arrow through the brain! ... CHORUS Seemingly Possessed indeed — whether by — cassandra Phoebus! Phoebus! ..."

2. Elizabethan Critical Essays by George Gregory Smith (1904)
"... AND cassandra} 1578 [The text of the Dedication to The right excellent and ... of Promos and cassandra, 1578, is printed from the copy in the British ..."

3. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1863)
"cassandra, the heroine, devoted to a pastoral life, yet supposed to be a sort ... cassandra, nothing daunted at the annunciation, persists in the purpose of ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1802)
"He was a native of Arcadia, and the son of him, says cassandra, who perished by the boar's ... but concerning the hand that htld it cassandra is silent. ..."

5. The Contemporary Review (1874)
"ROCKS AHEAD; OR, THE WARNINGS OF cassandra. THE part of cassandra can never be a pleasant one for any man to play. It makes others uncomfortable and ..."

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