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Cassandra imploring Athena for revenge against Ajax, by Jerome-Martin Langlois, 1810–1838. In The Fall of Troy, told by Quintus Smyrnaeus, Cassandra attempted to warn the Trojan people that Greek warriors were hiding in the Trojan Horse while they were celebrating their victory over the Greeks with feasting. Disbelieving Cassandra, the ...
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]
In the earliest sources, Helenus and his sister Cassandra were given the power of prophecy by Apollo after their ears were licked by snakes. [4] In other sources, Helenus was taught the power by Cassandra, but others generally believed his predictions. After gaining foresight, he was renamed from Scamandrius to Helenus by a Thracian soothsayer. [5]
As we do each fall, the Courier Journal looks to folklore for predictions about the upcoming winter season. Anyone can tune in to a professional modern-day weather forecast using all the high-tech ...
Back for the 10th year, Scramble the Duck will once again make his winter forecast prediction at the Ivy Glenn Memorial in Eastford, Connecticut. Fans of Scramble also celebrate Feb. 2 as Duck Day ...
When does fall start 2024? Old Farmer's Almanac predicts fall weather in Mississippi Folklore says the thickness of hair on the nape of a cow's neck is just one of the natural indicators of how ...
It is not until Cassandra lives in a community with other women, literally at the margin of the city, that she identifies with a group and includes herself in it by the pronoun "we." Cassandra is certainly interesting as a reinterpretation of history and literature by an otherwise rather obscure character. However, the novel is truly compelling ...
The Old Farmer's Almanac has been providing extended weather forecasts to help readers prepare for the upcoming winter since 1972. Today, their predictions are compared to 30-year weather averages ...