In Greek mythology, Cassandra (/kassándra/; Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα Kassandra, also 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[3], Anticleia[4], or Pasandra[5]. By the hero, Cassandra became the mother of Isander (Peisander),[6] Hippolochus and Laodamia.
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edit- 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.
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