Ancient Love Themes in Contemporary Music
(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 Sappho, translated by Peter Bing and Rip Cohen) and Dug My Heart (Contemporary Song by Garrett Borns) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both the ancient poem and the modern song characterize love as an almost painful force that physically affects a Read More …
(Ancient Text by Plato, translated by Alexander Nehamas, Paul Woodruff) and I Melt with You (Contemporary Song by Modern English) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both Plato’s Symposium and “I Melt with You” use the verbiage “melt” to describe two lovers coming together physically, Read More …