Cassandra is the princess of Troy.We aren't told much about her background in Agamemnon. But the ancient sources report that she was captured by the Greek worior Ajex' who pride her loss from an alter where she had claimed scantuary.In any case , she ended up bieng Agamemnon's captive.Agamemnon says that she " has followed with me a sthe army's gift" the flower chosen out of many things.

Aeeschylus's orignal audience could have seen in this refrence to Hommer's Illiad, in which Agamemnon is forced to give up to women he had taken prisoner.Chyries the daughter of the priestess of Appolo, and then Briesies , the girlfriend of Achilles, if the Greek soldiers gave Agamemnon.Cassandra, this could be seen as Pay back for the two previous women he had to given up.

But that as it may , Cassandra is much more than merely a prisoner.Even tough she's quiet at first , she has a story and strong identity of her own; once she starts speaking , the chorus and the readrs aren't likely to forget it.he basics are these: as Cassandra reveals, the god Appolo once developed a crush on her , and tried to havan affair with her, as he did with many other mortal women.But she rejects Appolo's proposal thus he cursed on her.