Major Figures in the Trojan War

Daughter of the Trojan king Priam and Queen Hecuba. Kassandra was very beautiful, but considered quite unbalanced. As a child, she was left over night in a temple of Apollo together with her brother Helenus. In the morning, their parents found the children entwined with snakes. The serpents were flicking their tongues into the children’s ears, and so they were given the gift of prophecy.

Apollo fell in love with Kassandra when she was a grown woman, and once again spent a night in his temple. When she refused him, he cursed her, and from then on no one was to believe her prophecies. Also, anyone betrothed to her died, a fate Othryoneus, Coroebus and Eurypylus were to share.

The necklace is inspired by this myth. It combines yellow golden wires with white pearls and natural granate.