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Cassandra, the daughter of the Trojan king Priam and queen Hecuba, was wonderfully beautiful, with golden hair and blue eyes. In her youth, Apollo, the patron of prophecy and the arts, admired her beauty and offered a deal: the gift of foresight in exchange for love. She agreed, but soon withdrew from the relationship, for which the god cursed her — her prophecies came true, but no one believed her.

Cassandra foresaw the death of her brother Hector, the demise of his son Astyanax, the fall of Troy, and the tragedy of the Trojan horse. She tried to warn king Priam, Paris, and Hector, but they considered her mad and even kept her under guard so she wouldn't 'dishonor the family.' After the city was taken, Agamemnon took her to Greece as a concubine; there she gave birth to twins but foretold the murder of the king at the hands of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus — and the prophecy came true. Cassandra's life became a chain of fear, loss, and unrecognized gift, a tragedy of beauty and insight that saved neither the city nor her loved ones.

Moral: accurate information is worthless if no one trusts it; the value of data only manifests when it is listened to and understood.