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CW: Sentinel Intelligence
You’ve probably heard about #Helen of Troy. She’s blamed for starting the Trojan War. Not many people remember #Cassandra.
She predicted it.
In #Aeschylus’s tragedy #Agamemnon, you get Cassandra’s full story. In some ways, the Trojan War is really about a bunch of dudes who don’t listen to a woman, and it leads straight to the collapse of their civilization.
In later retellings, they ignore her twice.
Surprised?
https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/youre-not-a-fearmonger-you-have-sentinel