Cassandra, a Trojan princess, for her beauty, was given the gift of perfect prophecy by the god Apollo. When she refused his attempts at seduction, he cursed her: no one would believe her. After the fall of Troy, she was abducted from the temple of Athena, and eventually murdered. These are metaphors for our natural interest in "knowledge," but our frustration of its not necessarily bending to our will. Ultimately, we prefer to destroy the truth, because it is not in our control.
Apparently the ancients understood these things very well.
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