Associations to the word «Cassandra»

Wiktionary

CASSANDRA, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba. She captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future; however, she was destined to never be believed.
CASSANDRA, proper noun. A female given name.
CASSANDRA, noun. A person who makes dire predictions, especially those which are not believed but which turn out to be true.

Dictionary definition

CASSANDRA, noun. (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope