Woe, woe, woe! O Apollo, O Apollo! Chorus Once more with ill-omened words she cries to the god who should not be present at times of lamentation. CassandraApollo, Apollo! God of the Ways,Cassandra sees an image of Apollo, the protector on journeys, close to the door leading to the street (ἀγυιά).my destroyer! For you have destroyed me—and utterly—this second time.Ἀπόλλων is here derived from Ἀπόλλυμι, destroy—nomen omen. The god had destroyed her the first time in making vain his gift of prophecy (1209 ff.); whereby she became the object of derision in Troy.