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CASSANDRA

Volume 5 · 72 words · 1810 Edition

in fabulous history, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, was beloved of Apollo, who promised to bestow on her the spirit of prophecy, provided Cassano, a town of Italy in the duchy of Milan, rendered remarkable by an obstinate battle fought there between the Germans and French in 1705. It is subject to the house of Austria, and is seated on the river Adda, in E. Long. 10°. N. Lat. 45°. 20'.