Cassandra (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Cassandra (pronounced as //kassándra//; Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα Kassandra, also Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κασάνδρα) may refer to two women:

• Cassandra, a Trojan princess as daughter of King Priam and Hecuba.^[1]
• Cassandra, another name for Philonoe,^[2] wife of Bellerophon.^[3] Otherwise, she was also known under several other names: Alkimedousa, Anticleia,^[4] or Pasandra.^[5] By the hero, Cassandra became the mother of Isander (Peisander),^[6] Hippolochus and Laodamia.

Notes

1. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
2. Apollodorus, 2.3.2; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 17
3. [Scholia]
4. Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.82b
5. ?Scholia ad Homer, Iliad 6.155
6. [Strabo]

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.