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Title
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Cassandre, qui a prédit sa mort à Agamemnon, est tuée sur l’ordre de Clytemnestre ; Cassandre tient à la main le phylactère des prophètes où sont inscrits en néerlandais les mots qu’elle adresse à Agamemnon «Hort het merk » (« Ecoute l’avertissement »)
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Description
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Cassandra is said to have been gifted the ability to predict the future by Apollo after promising to be his mistress. When she broke her promise, he added the curse that nobody would believe her predictions. The image depicts her prediction of her own death that was not believed, with her murderer standing behind her holding a sword. To the top left corner is Agamemnon, whom she confided to.
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Image Creator
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Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:19880
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Source Name
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Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
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Image
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mta_19880_OBJ.png
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Subject
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Prophecy
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Prediction
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Murder
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Cassandra
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Apollo