When Menelaus visits Troy to offer a sacrifice, he rebukes impertinence of Cassandra's brother Paris, who has recently returned to Troy and been reclaimed as Priam and Hecuba's son, though as a child he was abandoned because of a prophecy. Not only do the Trojans fail to secure Hesione, they also lose the seer Calchas during the voyage, who later aids the Greeks during the war. It is Aeneas' father Anchises who tells Cassandra of the mission to bring Hesione, Priam's sister who was taken as a prize by Telamon during the first Trojan War, back from Sparta. Nonetheless, she falls in love with him, and is devoted to him despite her liaisons with others, including Panthous - indeed, she imagines Aeneas whenever she is with anyone else. When Cassandra is presented among the city's virgins for deflowering, she is chosen by Aeneas, who makes love to her only later. When she ultimately refuses him, he curses her so that no one will believe what she prophesies.

At times their interactions are tense or even cold, notably when Hecuba does not sympathize with Cassandra's fear of the god Apollo's gift of prophecy or her reluctance to accept his love. Her relationship with her mother, Hecuba, however, was never as intimate, since Hecuba recognized Cassandra's independence. Swiss composer Michael Jarrell has adapted the novel for speaker and instrumental ensemble, and his piece has been performed frequently.Ĭassandra's narrative begins by describing her youth, when she was Priam's favorite daughter and loved to sit with him as he discussed politics and matters of state. It has since been translated into a number of languages. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.Ĭassandra, painted in 1898 by Evelyn De Morgan (London, De Morgan Centre)Ĭassandra ( German: Kassandra) is a 1983 novel by the German author Christa Wolf.

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Cassandra by Christa Wolf