Kassandra

Lesya Ukrayinka (spravzhnye imya Larysa Petrivna Kosach, 1871—1913) — slavetna ukrayins′ka pys′mennytsya, henial′na poetesa i dramaturh, perekladach i kul′turna diyachka. Bahato yiyi tvoriv vyznani shedevramy svitovoyi literatury. Pershyy sviy virsh vona sklala u dev’yat′ rokiv, ostanniy — u 40. Us′oho Lesya Ukrayinka napysala blyz′ko 270 virshiv, a sche poemy y virshovani dramatychni tvory. TSya knyzhka prysvyachena troyans′kiy prorochytsi Kassandri. Lesyu Ukrayinku tsikavyla same osobystist′ vischunky, yiyi psycholohiya. Kassandri prytamanni pochuttya zvychaynoyi lyudyny: vona sumnivayet′sya i vahayet′sya, prahne vidnayty istynu, strazhdaye i pidkoryayet′sya svoyiy doli.