Ancient Love Themes in Contemporary Music
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Rolfe Humphries) and You Belong With Me (Contemporary Song by Taylor Swift) ParallelTextLyricsListen In Ovid’s second book on love, he is talking about how to find a lover. As part of his advice he Read More …
(Ancient Text by Propertius, translated by Peter Bing, Rip Cohen) and Everybody’s Changing (Contemporary Song by Keane) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both Propertius and Keane talk about how people around them have changed. Propertius talks about this after losing his lover. He says, Read More …
(Ancient Text by Plato, translated by Alexander Nehamas, Paul Woodruff) and Be Alright (Contemporary Song by Dean Lewis) ParallelTextLyricsListen In Symposium, many men are gathered and are discussing what love means to each of them. During Alcibiades speech, we see Read More …
(Ancient Text by Tibullus, translated by Peter Bing, Rip Cohen) and Cat’s in the Cradle (Contemporary Song by Harry Chapin) ParallelTextLyricsListen Through his poetry, Tibullus seems to be warning his readers to love while they are still young. He writes, Read More …
(Ancient Text by Catullus, translated by Peter Bing, Rip Cohen) and Nicotine (Contemporary Song by Panic! at the Disco) ParallelTextLyricsListen Throughout Catullus’s 76 poem, we see him struggling to get over a relationship. He begins to describe it as some Read More …