Cassandra — The Trojan Women Character Profile

About Cassandra

Driven mad priestess who prophesies doom but is ignored by all.

Cassandra — Character Profile

Alignment

Neutral

Species

Human

Abilities

Prophecy, Madness insight, Divine connection

• Strength: 3/10
• Intelligence: 9/10
• Charisma: 5/10
• Morality: 7/10
• Influence: 4/10

Cassandra's Known Relations

• Teledamus — Child
• Pelops — Child
• Hecuba — Mother
• Priam — Father
• Hector — Sibling
• Paris — Sibling
• Helenus — Sibling
• Polyxena — Sibling
• Agamemnon — Unmarried partner
• Coroebus — Unmarried partner
• Othryoneus — Unmarried partner

Character Facts

Played by

Geneviève Bujold

Appears in

The Trojan Women (1971)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Cassandra — Family Mother — Hecuba (Katharine Hepburn)

  Hecuba is Cassandra's mother and shares her daughter's suffering after Troy's defeat.

  Cassandra is identified as Hecuba's daughter, and both women remain among the defeated Trojan royal family.

• Cassandra — Conflict Ignored Prophet And Herald — Talthybius (Brian Blessed)

  Their roles contrast Cassandra's disregarded warnings with official military authority.

  Cassandra is described as a priestess who prophesies doom but is ignored, while Talthybius communicates the Greek authorities' decisions.

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