THE STORY OF CASSANDRA, the ill-fated Trojan princess whom the Greek leader Agamemnon took captive after the conquest of Troy, is told several times in classic literature, including in Homer's two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. In her book Mythology, Edith Hamilton says of her: "Cassandra, one of Priam's daughters, was a prophetess. Apollo had loved her and given her the power to foretell the future. Later he turned against her because she refused his love, and although he could not take back his gift—divine favors once bestowed might not be revoked—he made it of no account: no one ever believed her. She told the Trojans each time what would happen; they would never listen to her. She declared that Greeks were hidden in the wooden horse; no one gave her words a thought. It was her fate always to know the disaster that was coming and be unable to avert it." Mythology (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942), p. 292 .
How different from Cassandra's story are the Bible's narratives about prophets such as Miriam, Deborah, Elijah, Elisha, and Samuel. Their prophecies were almost invariably accompanied by assurances of God's continuing mercy for those who would turn to Him.
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