Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Cassandra

In the Aeneid, Vergil tells the story of the doomed Trojan prophetess Cassandra:
            
Tunc etiam fatis aperit Cassandra futuris
ora dei iussu non umquam credita Teucris.
Nos delubra deum miseri, quibus ultimus esset
ille dies, festa velamus fronde per urbem.    (2.246-249)

The Swedish pop group ABBA tells the same story in this epic 1982 performance:

See the full video here.

"Some of us wanted but none of us would / Listen to words of warning."