"Cassandra, the doomed seer of Troy, possessed the tragic gift of prophecy but was cursed by Apollo so that no one would ever believe her. She foresaw the fall of Troy and the many calamities that would befall her people, crying out vain warnings that went unheard. Her bleak fate, taken as a concubine by Agamemnon and murdered alongside him, underscores the despair of knowing the future but being powerless to change it."