Ancient Love Themes in Contemporary Music
(Ancient Text by Cicero, translated by ) and Here I Go Again (Contemporary Song by Whitesnake) ParallelTextLyricsListen While reading Cicero’s letters to Terentia, I was picturing a movie or play scene in which two people are writing back and forth Read More …
(Ancient Text by Virgil, translated by J. W. Mackail) and “We are never ever getting back together” (Contemporary Song by Taylor Swift) ParallelTextLyricsListen In Virgil’s The Aeneid, the relationship between Dido and Aeneas is a fantastic example of the end Read More …
(Ancient Text by Lucretius, translated by Martin Ferguson Smith) and Crazy (Contemporary Song by Aerosmith) ParallelTextLyricsListen Eoin Sansevero Musical Parallel #2 Lucretius – Aerosmith The explicit nature of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura was initially surprising to me. I haven’t ever Read More …
(Ancient Text by Theognis of Megara, translated by Peter Bing and Rip Cohen) and November Rain (Contemporary Song by Guns N’ Roses) ParallelTextLyricsListen Unrequited love is a theme that arises in many of the ancient texts, and honestly, is a Read More …