Parallels between Homer Iliad Book 6 Lines 332-529 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by David Bowie
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In Homer’s Iliad, Hektor is needed in battle and visits his wife and son before returning to battle. His wife Andromache fears he will certainly die if he returns to battle. In the song “Space Oddity” by David Bowie lyrics describe an astronaut that is drifting through space and losing transmission to ground control. The astronaut is able to get off one message before he dies and that is to tell his wife he loves her, like Hektor does for his wife before battle.
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Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God’s love be with you
(spoken)
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You’ve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare
“This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do
Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows”
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you….
“Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do.”
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Space Oddity