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@femmefatalenet‘s gtkm → day seven ^{(favorite mortal woman)}
— cassandra of troy

cassandra was a daughter of king priam and of queen hecuba of troy in greek mythology, cursed to speak true prophecies that no one believed. 

a common version of her story relates how, in an effort to seduce her, apollo gave her the power of prophecy: when she refused him, he spat into her mouth to inflict a curse that nobody would ever believe her prophecies. another version has her fall asleep in a temple, where snakes licked (or whispered in) her ears so that she could hear the future. in modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate someone whose accurate prophecies are not believed by those around them. (x)