Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature

This book explores the miscommunications of the prophet Cassandra - cursed to prophesy the truth but never to be understood until too late - in Greek and Latin poetry. Using insights from the field of translation studies, the book focuses on the dialogic interactions that take place between the articulation and the realization of Cassandra''s prophecies in five canonical ancient texts, stretching ...