“I was the victim of both social orders: of Apollo’s waxing patriarchy, & of Clytemnestra’s last spasms of outraged matriarchy. My father Priam probably would have said: that I had asked for it. That no society could be expected to tolerate an individual who insisted on telling the truth.” TruthFeminismIdentityMythologyProphecyGender RolesCassandra Book:The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess & Prophetess of Troy Source: The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess & Prophetess of Troy
“An alien principle took charge when men began administering nature. When priestesses whose moon-based calendar foretold the cycles with minute precision gave way to priests in women’s robes who reckoned by the sun, & left each year awry with one fourth of a useless day.” NatureSocietyFeminismGenderRulersPatriarchy Book:The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess & Prophetess of Troy Source: The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess & Prophetess of Troy