The Madness of Cassandra
I am Cassandra, daughter of King Priam of Troy. No doubt you may have read my story before. How I made Apollo lust, predicted the downfall of Troy, saw Achilles and wept for my dear brother Hector. How I was cursed. How nobody believed me. How a simple wooden horse made Troy burn.
I never asked to be cursed, but sometimes you just have to accept your fate and get on with your life. …I was never one of those people. You may have thought of me as a stupid girl for rejecting Apollo, or a wench for 'leading him on'. Either way, my life right from the beginning was meant to be a blessed one, or a cursed one.
I am going to recall as the series of events that lead up to me meeting Apollo. That way you may see my story as one of tragedy, instead of madness. I am not 'Mad' Cassandra as many have called me. I am Cassandra, daughter of Hecuba and Priam, priestess and prophetess of Troy.