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Cassandra
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In Greek mythology, Cassandra, also spelled Kassandra or Casandra, was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed. Cassandra liv
Ajax pulling Cassandra, tondo of a red-figure cup by the Kodros Painter [el], c. 440 BC.
Ajax pulling Cassandra, tondo of a red-figure cup by the Kodros Painter [el], c. 440 BC.
Ajax the Lesser drags Cassandra from Palladium before eyes of Priam, Roman mural from the Casa del Menandro, Pompeii
Ajax the Lesser drags Cassandra from Palladium before eyes of Priam, Roman mural from the Casa del Menandro, Pompeii
Woodcut illustration of Cassandra's prophecy of the fall of Troy (left) and her death (right), from Giovanni Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris, printed
Woodcut illustration of Cassandra's prophecy of the fall of Troy (left) and her death (right), from Giovanni Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris, printed by Johann Zainer [de] at Ulm ca. 1474.
"Cassandra and Ajax" depicted on a terracotta amphora, circa 450 BC.
"Cassandra and Ajax" depicted on a terracotta amphora, circa 450 BC.
Pallake
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Pallakai was the general name given to concubines in ancient Greece.
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…through the Trojan War and survived the sack of the city, but was murdered by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus when Agamemnon brought her to Mycenae as a pallake. In contemporary usage, her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate predictions, generally of impending disaster…
Mosaic from Antioch depicting a scene from the play Perikeiromene. The woman to the left is identified as Glykera, the pallake of the man in the middl
Mosaic from Antioch depicting a scene from the play Perikeiromene. The woman to the left is identified as Glykera, the pallake of the man in the middle, Polemon. The man to the right is a household slave, Sosias.