I'm changeing my name

[phoenix_arose]

Cassandra

by James Hunter

Cassandra was the most beautiful of the daughters of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy. She was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, who wished to seduce her; when she accepted his gift but refused his sexual advances, he deprived her prophecies of the power to persuade.

At the end of the Trojan War, Cassandra foresaw the danger posed by the Trojan horse; the people of Troy ignored her warnings and the Greek soldiers hiding inside the horse were able to capture the city. During the sack of Troy, Cassandra was raped by the Locrian (or "lesser") Ajax, and was then given as a war prize to Agamemnon. She returned to Greece with Agamemnon, and tried to warn him of the danger which awaited him there; once again her prophecy was ignored, and both she and Agamemnon were murdered by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.

Comments

[theoldone.livejournal.com]

-uh- that's not too auspicious my Dear . . . Are you sure? Extremely beautiful women never seem to fare well in most mythologies/folktales.
You can't help being beautiful, but you might look for someone with a better fate. . . I think that Dionysus had hot mortal companions who had long lives (and great parties).

[perfect-drug.livejournal.com]

i seem to havebeen blessed an cured similarly ... no one listens then i end up being right ..... at lest then it would fit maybe i'm changeing my chat name

[theoldone.livejournal.com]

That's the trouble with paying attention. You foresee problems and warn people. They don't want to spoil the party and ignore you.
Then when the sky falls, it's your fault.
(it's even worse when you can prove your point with numbers).

<chuckle>

[rsimon.livejournal.com]

Been calling myself Cassandra for almost 20 years; actually since about the time I became pagan/Wiccan.

I learned to deal with it two ways: if it doesn't matter, keep your mouth shut (forever, mind you), or say your piece and amend the comments with "And I reserve the right to say I told you so when I am right, or admit that I am wrong if I am." I have seldom had to admit I was wrong, and usually when I have been, it is because the other party modified their behavior

More recently, I have started asserting myself, and arguing, because, truly, now, I am beginning to believe that right or wrong, I have as much right as anyone to be heard and respected. This hasn't made for very much harmony between A and myself, but while things are noisy, they are readjusting, and things will be OK.

Re: <chuckle>

[perfect-drug.livejournal.com]

i picked the 3rd route - i tell them then shut up and look smart whrn they say i cshould have listened - i do attempt to avoid saying i told you so

Re: <chuckle>

[wiccanalex.livejournal.com]

Although a well-timed "I told you so" can work wonders against future assinine behaviour.

Re: &lt;chuckle&gt;

[perfect-drug.livejournal.com]

well.. there is that