Cassandra As A Hero In The Trojan War

There were many heroes, people who are admired for courage, in the Trojan War, including Cassandra, also known as Alexandra. Cassandra was the daughter of the King of Troy, Priam, and Hecuba (Bell). Cassandra was believed to be the most beautiful of her eleven sisters (Kravitz 53). Two of the reasons Cassandra is a hero is because she had a gift that allowed her to predict to future and that she told many people about the Greeks in the Trojan Horse (Bell).
The first reason Cassandra is a hero is because she had the ability to predict future events, but unfortunately no one believed these predictions because Apollo cursed her (Kravitz 53). Robert E. Bell, who worked in seven libraries, including UC Davis, studying mythology in all them, wrote three reference sites on mythology, and went to five colleges, including Harvard, writes: “After Cassandra grew up, she again spent a night …show more content…
Cassandra tried to convince everyone to believe her to save Troy. Robert E. Bell writes: “Cassandra’s curse of not being heeded came to a climax when she announced there were men in the wooden horse. Only Laocoon believed her, but he was soon silenced, and this seemed to confirm that Cassandra was merely raving again.” Both Cassandra and Laocoon tried to warn everyone about the Greeks, but of course no one believed them since Cassandra was cursed. If everyone would’ve listened to Cassandra the Greeks wouldn’t have attacked Troy at night. Cassandra was even put into a chamber by her own father because everyone thought she was crazy (Bell). In the Trojan War there were several heroes and Cassandra, or Alexandra, was one of them. She was a hero because she could predict the future and because she told everyone there were Greeks inside of the Trojan Horse to try and save Troy from destruction (Bell). Cassandra wasn't a big part of the Trojan War, but she definitely made an