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<span class="bold large">Cass.an/dra</span> <span class="medium">|kəˈsandrə|</span> <span class="sans">Greek Mythology</span><br/>
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<p class="paragraph">a daughter of the Trojan king <a href="#priam">Priam</a>, who was given the gift of prophecy by <a href="#apollo">Apollo</a>. When she cheated him, however, he turned this into a curse by causing her prophecies, though true, to be disbelieved.<br/>
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• [as n.] (<span class="bold">a Cassandra</span>) a prophet of disaster, esp. one who is disregarded.</p><br/>
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