Ancient Love Themes in Contemporary Music
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Rolphe Humphries) and (Contemporary Song by Tyler Farr) ParallelTextLyricsListen When you combine love with wine, the result of this mixture can either be pleasant or surprisingly bad. In the ancient as in the modern Read More …
(Ancient Text by Theocritus, translated by Peter Bing and Rip Cohen) and You Belong with Me (Contemporary Song by Taylor Swift) ParallelTextLyricsListen In both Theocritus’ idyll 11 and Taylor Swift’s “You Belong with Me” they present a narrator talking to Read More …
(Ancient Text by Euripides, translated by AJ Podlecki) and Before he Cheats (Contemporary Song by Carrie Underwood) ParallelTextLyricsListen In Euripides’ Medea, towards the end Medea find out that Jason has cheated on her and started a new life with a Read More …
(Ancient Text by Euripides, translated by A. J. Podlecki) and I knew you were trouble (Contemporary Song by Taylor Swift) ParallelTextLyricsListen A popular concept in love is betrayal and abandonment that leaves the other lost, confused and heartbroken. Of course Read More …
(Ancient Text by Callimachus, translated by Peter Bing, Rip Cohen) and There Stands the Glass (Contemporary Song by Webb Pierce) ParallelTextLyricsListen Drinking alcohol is an age-old remedy for the pains of love. The poem’s narrator, the stranger, and the subject Read More …
(Ancient Text by Longus, translated by Ronald McCail) and It Must Be Love (Contemporary Song by Don Williams) ParallelTextLyricsListen Don Williams iconic “It Must Be Love” closely parallels Daphnis and Chloe’s realization about love after Philetas’ teachings. The simultaneous emotional Read More …