in ancient times Greece had temples for each God including Apollo because of this there
were many temples in Greece Apollo's most famous temple was located in Delphi this temple was home
of the Oracle because this was Apollo's most prominent temple he visited it often the most
interesting detail about this temple is that it was not located in Greece it was in Troy
instead Apollo enjoy showing up now and then at various temples built in his honor one day
Apollo swung by the temple and Troy Cassandra a young beautiful priestess worked at that temple
Cassandra was so beautiful that people compared her to the goddess Aphrodite so it is no surprise
that many young men fell in love with her Apollo son of Zeus and Leto was said to be the ideal of
male beauty and was the god of poetry and music the moment he saw Cassandra he knew he must win
her love like all the gods Apollo was very fond of making deals he offered a deal to Cassandra
if she would give a kiss he would give her the gift of prophecy so that she could see into the future
Kassandra accepted the deal as soon as she received the gift of prophecy she looked
eagerly into the future but what she saw made her gifts in the future she saw Apollo helping
the Greeks to destroy the city of Troy she saw Greek soldiers everywhere and the people of Troy
were fleeing for their lives Apollo slowly bent his head to kiss her as she agreed but what she
saw made Cassandra angrily spit in his face Apollo was furious he could not take away his gift that's
not how it worked he could only add something to his gift Cassandra you will always know the
future he said but you shall be doomed to despair no matter that your predictions will always be
true no one will ever believe you from that day Cassandra could see the future clear as a day but
no one believed her even her mother who she was very fond of thought her to be crazy as the myth
unfolds Cassandra foresaw the destruction of Troy by the Greeks after the Trojan War the people of
Troy were very busy celebrating the defeat of the Greeks it was then that someone found the
big wooden horse outside the gates of their city people of Troy thought the Greeks had left the
wooden horse as a token of their defeat cassandra warned her people that the wooden horse was hollow
and it was filled with Greek soldiers waiting to attack them but people thought Cassandra
had gone crazy again and didn't bother to pay any attention they brought the horse into the
city and left it there in the night a hatch in the wooden horse opened hundreds of soldiers
poured out holding their swords and spears they attacked the people of Troy and some of them
opened the city gates to let the remaining Greek army end they slaughtered the Trojans including
their king and the Queen people ran around try to save their own lives and that's how even after
being blessed with the gift of prophecy nobody believed the words of poor Cassandra had she
lived up to her end of the bargain with Apollo things would have been quite different right