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Helenus was a Trojan soothsayer, a son of Priam and Hecuba, the twin-brother of Cassandra, and husband of Andromache after Hector's death. He foretold the destiny of Aeneas.
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Cassandra Harris was an Australian actress. She was born in 1952 at Sydney and died in 1991 of ovarian cancer.
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Cassandra Hepburn is a Philippino actress. She was born in 1977.
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In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was a Greek hero of the Trojan wars, son of Atreus, king of Mycenae, and brother of Menelaus. He married Clytemnestra, and their children included Electra, Iphigenia, and Orestes. He sacrificed Iphigenia in order to secure favourable winds for the Greek expedition against Troy and after a ten years' siege sacked the city, receiving Priam's daughter Cassandra as a prize. On his return home, he and Cassandra were murdered by Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus. His children Orestes and Electra later killed the guilty couple.
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In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of Priam, King of Troy. Her prophecies were never believed, because she had rejected the love of the god Apollo. She was murdered with Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra, having been awarded as a prize to the Greek hero on his sacking of Troy.
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In Greek mythology, Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon. With the help of her lover Aegisthus, she murdered her husband and his paramour Cassandra on his return from the Trojan War, and was in turn killed by her son Orestes.
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Cassandra is daughter to Priam and a prophetess in Troilus and Cressida.
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The Cassandra Crossing is a disaster thriller starring Richard Harris, Sophia Loren, Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner in a story about a European express train travelling across Europe with a wounded terrorist on board who is infected with a deadly plague. The Cassandra Crossing was directed by George Pan Cosmatos in 1976.
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HMS Cassandra (formerly Tourmaline) was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Cassandra was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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Cassandra is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
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