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Sometimes the name Cassandra is applied to those who can predict rises, falls, and particularly crashes on the global stock market, as happened with Warren Buffett, who repeatedly warned that the 1990s stock market surge was a bubble, attracting to him the title of the "Wall Street Cassandra". [13]
Cassandra puts herself under the protection of Pallas, Aimé Millet (1819–1891), Tuileries Garden, Paris. In some versions, Cassandra intentionally left a chest behind in Troy, with a curse on whichever Greek opened it first. [26] Inside the chest was an image of Dionysus, made by Hephaestus and presented to the Trojans by Zeus.
Cassandra: Daughter of King Priam of Troy. She was a priestess of Apollo, gifted with the ability to predict the future but cursed so nobody would ever believe her prophecies. Cassandra was raped by Ajax the Lesser and taken as a concubine for Agamemnon at the fall of Troy, but they were later both killed by Agamemnons wife, Clytemnestra.
Articles relating to Cassandra and her depictions. She was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage, her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate prophecies, generally of impending disaster, are not believed.
Smith is best known for her children’s book, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, but in 1948’s Castle—her first novel—she writes as Cassandra, a 17-year-old girl making journal entries about ...
Before Cassandra Dawn stirred up drama on Selling Sunset, she was causing chaos on Vanderpump Rules. Netflix viewers were introduced to the real estate agent — who professionally goes by ...
Cassandra Peterson’s 2024 net worth is estimated at $3 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Her fortune has been built upon decades of performances as the vampire-like character Elvira ...
Cassandra was the daughter of the King of Troy and a priestess of Apollo. Cassandra had a gift of prophecy however after spurning his advances, Apollo laid a curse that her prophecies would not be believed. [2] After the successful ruse using the Trojan Horse, the Greeks sacked Troy. During the sack, Cassandra fled to the Temple of Pallas ...