(1) The physician may compare his plight to that of Cassandra--the mythical Greek prophetess of doom, who was cursed to see into the future and not be believed.
Sibyl
Definition:
(n.) A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.
(n.) A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess.
Example Sentences:
(1) Each region includes 16 teams, which the Selection Committee then seeds 1-16 based on team records, strength-of-schedule and possibly consultations with ancient Sibyls and Magic Eightballs.
(2) The story that the picture tells is bleak: the sibyl is shown presenting Apollo with a pile of dust, asking to live as many years as there are specks; because she spurns his love, the god grants her this wish - but does not give her eternal youth.
(3) In his River Landscape with Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl, in the Wallace Collection, the scenery of ancient Cumae, near Rosa's native Naples, is loosely described.
(4) At the 2009 Arles festival, she showed The Ballad and a new installation, Sisters, Saints and Sibyls , an ode to her sister, Barbara.