The Prophet No One Believed
Princess of Troy. Apollo granted her the gift of prophecy to win her love; refused, he added a curse: her every prophecy would come true, yet no one would ever believe her. She foresaw Paris bringing ruin, the soldiers in the horse, and the deaths of herself and Agamemnon — each cry taken for madness. "Cassandra" still names the unheeded warner.
The Trojans celebrated their "victory" and dragged the horse inside. Cassandra ran out screaming that soldiers were within, and even seized an axe to split it open, but was held back as a madwoman. That night the city fell. She was right about every single thing — including that no one would believe it.
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