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Different Versions Explaining The Gift And Curse Of Cassandra

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There are several different versions explaining the gift and curse of Cassandra and one is that God Apollo fell in love with her and granted her with the gift of prophecy. Cassandra denied the God and his advances and he placed a curse on her so that no one would believe her words or her prediction. Apollo left her the gift of prophecy but cursed her so that no one could or would believe her. According to the another version, Cassandra went to the Temple of Apollo in Troy and his little Temple Snakes licked her ears, allowing her to listen to the future. Cassandra foresaw the destruction of Troy by the Greeks; when the Trojans found the big wooden horse outside the gates of their city Cassandra told them that Greeks will destroy them if they

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