Cassandra continued to be an influence on Ancient Greece following her death. She renowned as being the most beautiful of Priam’s daughters. In a time where beauty was arguably the most important trait for a woman to have, this characteristic often defined Cassandra. She was objectified and her agency was stripped from her as she was regarded as King Agamemnon's attractive mistress, without notable intelligence or skill.  This was not due to a lack of either, but because of her curse to not be believed. Her knowledge of the future was discounted as she was viewed as insane.  Despite her apparent mental illness, Cassandra was able to obtain an important role following the fall of Troy due to her looks. She attracted Agamemnon, with her beauty piercing his heart (Aeschylus, 728).

        The temple and statue of Cassandra attests to the fact that her beauty lasted beyond the grave, as many Pausania’s Periegesis of Greece occurs after her death and discusses the decline of her tomb through its being destroyed (Pausania 3.19.5).  It becomes apparent that Cassandra’s defining characteristic is not beauty, but rather is the jealousy that she consequentially evokes in those who encounter her, both during and after life.

        The city off Mycenae is believed to have been founded by Perseus (Bell, 1).  It is not certain, but the place referred to as Mycenae may have been synonymous with Argos in Ancient Greece. These two words for the same city explain the reasoning behind the location of Cassandra’s temple. She was forced into obedience to King Agamemnon, the ruler of Argos. She could tell that her future with him would result in an untimely death, due to the Queen’s jealousy. Cassandra acted in a manner that made King Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra, intensely jealous of her relationship with the King through surpassing what the Queen deemed suitable as a concubine (Proctor, 4).           However, she felt her own death was a just payment in exchange for the murder of her new ruler, Agamemnon. Once he was murdered, the city of Argos did not remain under control of the Greeks and Cassandra was successful, despite dead. She was indeed successful in her own objective to bring down the king through pitting his own wife against him (Miller,1). Cassandra’s tragic beauty combined with a curse rendered her unable to help others, unless she took it upon herself to complete the actions that would result in aiding others. Her dedication to those she loved and lost is evident in herself sacrifice to avenge those killed in the destruction of Troy.

       Jealousy was the cause of the ending of Cassandra’s life as well as the end of her temple. As described in Periegesis of Greece, “It was jealousy which caused the Argives to destroy Mycenae” (Pausania, 2.16.5).  Once again, the overriding force controlling Cassandra’s legacy following death is jealousy. Just as her body was harmed by Clytemnestra, her likeness and temple were destroyed by the Argives. Cassandra’s curse was effectively much more than having her words disregarded as gibberish. Cassandra was cursed to be an object of envy and hatred due to her beauty.