“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
“I’ll never cease to admire the skill if not the pragmatism of historians & mythographers who manage to blend a number of small truths & probabilities into one large lie. Which hungry hero worshippers swallow whole, without the reservation of a doubt.” TruthHistoryGloryMythObjectivitySubjectivityHistoriansHeros Book:The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess & Prophetess of Troy Source: The Autobiography of Cassandra, Princess & Prophetess of Troy