Ancient Love Themes in Contemporary Music
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Humphries) and Heart Don’t Stand a Chance (Contemporary Song by Anderson Paak) ParallelTextLyricsListen The refrain of Heart Don’t Stand a Chance speaks to the confidence that Ovid purports in the line “be a confident Read More …
(Ancient Text by Catallus, translated by Bing and Cohen) and Say Goodbye (Contemporary Song by The Dave Matthews Band) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both of these passages are about ephemeral amounts of time between two lovers. In ‘Say Goodbye,’ the time period is Read More …
(Ancient Text by Terrence, translated by Not Available in class text) and Snow Outside (Contemporary Song by The Dave Matthews Band) ParallelTextLyricsListen These two passages resonate with each other in the sense that they are both about a lover giving Read More …
(Ancient Text by Meleager, translated by Peter Bing and Rip Cohen) and Always in My Head (Contemporary Song by Coldplay) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both Coldplay’s song “Always in My Head” and Meleager’s poem G-P 41 are about lovers unsuccessfully trying to get Read More …
(Ancient Text by Horace, translated by Peter Bing and Rip Cohen) and It’s Not for Me to Say (Contemporary Song by Johnny Mathis) ParallelTextLyricsListen Horace’s poem 1.5 is complex, but one simplified interpretation of it is that he is warning Read More …