CHAPT DISC: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 13: Gryffindo...

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 190052

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, June Ewing <doctorwhofan02 at ...> wrote:

Nikkalmati:
> > But the curse put on the original Trojan Cassandra (probably not
> Trelawney's grandmother) was that she would correctly predict the
> future, but that no one would believe her. See the parallel?

June: I do not remember that, what page is that mentioned on?

Steve:
> > It is not in the HP books, it is just a secondary fact from
> > general history.

<snip>

June:
> I am sorry to point this out (and I supposed it won't be allowed
> but I will try) but this is not about the character of Trelawney
> from Harry Potter. This refers to the real life Cassandra from
> the time of the trojan war. 

<snip>

> Trelawney's great grandmother as we all know was named Cassandra
> and from what I saw in the first article here her name came from
> the trojan Cassandra but the curse was on the latter.

Geoff:
Yes, I think that Nikkalmati made that point by suggesting that there 
was a parallel. Cassandra of Troy was not believed; Trelawney of
Hogwarts was equally not believed.

I think HP deliberately created Sybill's great-great-grandmother 
Cassandra just in order to prompt the memories of any readers with 
a smattering of classicalknowledge.