The Iliad

“So they set my life in flames, I regret to say”

Angela & Uncle Jerry note that 'set my life in flames' echoes the burning of Troy in the Iliad and related classical texts. Uncle Jerry identifies this as one of the key events Cassandra predicted, the destruction of Troy by fire, and connects the lyric directly to the classical narrative. The Iliad is named as one of the primary texts in which Cassandra appears.