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Cassandra

also: Cassandram

Daughter of Priam, given prophetic frenzy by Apollo but fated never to be believed. Cicero quotes (from Ennius's Alexander) her ecstatic prophecies of Troy's fall and contrasts her frenzied foresight with Priam's blind wisdom.

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On the Orator rhet · 1 mention
On Divination phil · 1 mention

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