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Cassandra



Cassandra, in Greek mythology, prophetess of doom whose warnings were never heeded. The daughter of Trojan King Priam, she was taken prisoner by Agamemnon after the Trojan War and later murdered with him by his wife, Clytemnestra.

See also: Mythology; Troy.

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