http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen/papers/fittoncassandra/cass5.html
Cassandra once bargained with the God Apollo. He said he would teach her
the secret of prophecy if she would lay with him; then when Apollo
taught her the secret she backed down from her end of the bargain. Angry
Apollo cursed her. The curse made it so that although she would always
see the truth no one would ever believe her. Later in the years a lot happens but in direct relations to the story of Electra, during the Trojan war she was turned into a slave and Agamemnon claimed her as his prize. He takes her back to his home where she prophecies that they would both die. Clytemnestra and her lover Aegesthius kills the both of them.
This website will lead you to all the information on Cassandra, beginning to end.
Cassandra and Apollo
Cassandra's prophesies for Troy
The rape of Cassandra
Cassandra and Agamemnon
excellent backstory about what Cassandra did to be punished--moral--never promise the gods something you won't deliver!
ReplyDeleteJust goes to show you had better keep your word when you tell a god you will do something! Why is it always about sex?
ReplyDeleteI suppose back in the day sex was the ultimate form of pleasure.
DeleteAnd it still is today, in a sense. It's just a very profound act whether many people realize it or not.