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[livingluster]

In Greek mythology, Cassandra was blessed with gift of prophecy, but when she garnered the scorn of a god, she was cursed so that no one would believe her predictions. While Cassandra foresaw the destruction of Troy, she was unable to do anything to forestall the tragedy since no one believed her

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[junebug_n_lamp]

I recently went to a play called Agamemnon, that told that story of Cassandra. It was neat because the play was titled Agamemnon, in recognition (or lack thereof) of the fact that no one chose to believe her story. The chorus from the underworld during the introduction protested the title on my playbill as part of the act before ushering me to my seat.