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In Greek mythology the daughter of King Priam of Troy and his wife Hecuba, she was a true prophet who was cursed not to be believed.

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	~~<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>~~		In [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]] the [[daughter]] of King [[Priam]] of [[Troy]] and his wife [[Hecuba]], she was a true prophet who was cursed not to be believed.
	~~A character from~~ [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]] ~~who was~~ the [[daughter]] of [[~~King~~ Priam~~]] and [[Hecabe]], and [[sister~~]] of [[~~Hector~~]] and [[~~Paris]]. She had the gift of [[prophecy]] but was also cursed in that no one would believe her accurate predictions. During the [[Sack of Troy]] near the end of the [[Trojan War~~]], she was ~~dragged into the temple of [[Athena]] and [[rape\|raped]] by [[Aias the Lesser]], which outraged the [[Greek god\|gods and goddesses]], and motivated Athena~~ to ~~turn against the Greeks~~.