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In Greek mythology the daughter of King Priam of Troy (ancient city) and his wife Hecuba, she was a true prophet who was cursed not to be believed.

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	~~<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>~~		In [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]] the [[daughter]] of King [[Priam]] of [[Troy (ancient city)]] and his wife [[Hecuba]], she was a true prophet who was cursed not to be believed.
	~~A character from~~ [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]] ~~who was~~ the [[daughter]] of [[~~King~~ Priam~~]] and [[Hecabe]], and [[sister~~]] of [[~~Hector~~]] and [[~~Paris]]. She had the gift of [[prophecy]] but was also cursed in that no one would believe her accurate predictions. During the [[Sack of Troy]] near the end of the [[Trojan War~~]], she was ~~dragged into the temple of [[Athena]] and [[rape\|raped]] by [[Aias the Lesser]], which outraged the [[Greek god\|gods and goddesses]], and motivated Athena~~ to turn against the Greeks. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship\|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].