The Cassandra Project

After reading Richard Landes' Substack post on cognitive war, I commented that I found this summary:

Cassandra appears to be the only one who takes notice; she warns the Trojans that they must burn the wooden horse. Unfortunately, the Trojans disregard her warnings.  She’s described as having “one heart was steadfast, and one soul clear-eyed.” (Smyrna, 556)  She has a very powerful gift of prophecy and sees evil forces falling upon the city of Troy. She is compared to a lion, running about and screaming of the city of Troy’s impending fall.  Here, she embodies pure terror and doom.  “Her neck writhed, like a sapling in the wind shaken, as moaned and shrieked that noble maid” (Smyrna, 565) It appears that no one takes her omens seriously and she tries to convince everyone to burn the wooden horse, but unfortunately no one believes her.  She tries to take matters into her own hands and burn the horse herself but is unable to do so.  She exhibits determination and will by attempting to respond to her prophecy and prevent their downfall; however, her failure to destroy the horse demonstrates her powerlessness as a woman. 

I suggest the effort be termed The Cassandra Project.

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