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Theognis 1249-1252 and “He’ll Never Love You Like I Do” from Hayley Kiyoko
(Ancient Text by Theognis, translated by Bing and Cohen) and He’ll Never Love You Like I Do (Contemporary Song by Hayley Kiyoko) ParallelTextLyricsListen In Theognis’ poem, the narrator is professing his jealousy over the fact that his lover has just Read More …
Before He (Jason) Cheats -Carrie Underwood
(Ancient Text by , translated by ) and Before He Cheats (Contemporary Song by Carrie Underwood) ParallelTextLyricsListen In the very beginning of Euripides’ Medea, we are told the story of a woman (a wife and a mother) who’s husband left her Read More …
Ovid 3.11b and “Take Me or Leave Me” from Rent
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Bing and Cohen) and Take Me or Leave Me (Contemporary Song by The Original Motion Picture Cast of Rent) ParallelTextLyricsListen Ovid’s poem 3.11b is about a narrator falling in love with a beautiful women Read More …
Pliny’s Sugar
(Ancient Text by , translated by ) and Sugar (Contemporary Song by Maroon 5) ParallelTextLyricsListen In the text about the ancient values of marriage, we were able to experience the happy coupling of Pliny and his wife, Calpurnia. He writes Read More …
Love Her Madly
(Ancient Text by Catullus, translated by Bing and Cohen) and Love Her Madly (Contemporary Song by The Doors) ParallelTextLyricsListen Unlike some other passages, this one didn’t come to me quickly, but as I though more deeply into the meaning of Read More …
Tears In Heaven
(Ancient Text by Meleager, translated by Bing and Cohen) and Tears in Heaven (Contemporary Song by Eric Clapton) ParallelTextLyricsListen When I read Meleager’s poem about Heliodora’s death, at least in this poem, and he spoke of his tears for her Read More …
The loss of love for Sappho and Miranda Lambert
(Ancient Text by Sappho, translated by Bing and Cohen) and Tin Man (Contemporary Song by Miranda Lambert) ParallelTextLyricsListen The works of Sappho, at least those listed in the anthology, all deal very heavily with the pain that is associated with Read More …
ABBA and Medea
(Ancient Text by Euripides, translated by A.J. Podlecki) and Angel Eyes (Contemporary Song by ABBA) ParallelTextLyricsListen There are many similarities between the ancient text of Euripides’ Medea and the song Angel Eyes written and sung by the band ABBA. Both tell Read More …
Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch
(Ancient Text by Theocritus, translated by Bing and Cohen) and I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Contemporary Song by Four Tops) ParallelTextLyricsListen After reading, “singing of you, my honey bunch” the song I Can’t Help Myself came to mind Read More …
Is J Cole sincere or simply an apostle of Ovid?
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Rolfe Humphries) and Crooked Smile (Contemporary Song by J Cole) ParallelTextLyricsListen In the works of Ovid, one can see a clear attempt to almost gamify the art of courtship and by extension love. Especially Read More …
Long Distance Relationships
(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 …
Musta Got Lost
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Rolfe Humphries) and Musta Got Lost (Contemporary Song by The J. Geils Band) ParallelTextLyricsListen This ancient excerpt from Ovid’s The Art of Love reminded me of the introduction to Musta Got Lost because of the Read More …
Stand By Your Man
(Ancient Text by Plutarch, translated by ) and Stand By Your Man (Contemporary Song by Blues Brothers) ParallelTextLyricsListen In the book of Marriage, which discusses many different aspects of ancient marriage, in the section regarding the Expectations of Marriage there Read More …
Lucretius x A$AP Rocky
(Ancient Text by Lucretius, translated by Martin Ferguson Smith) and Fashion Killa (Contemporary Song by A$AP Rocky) ParallelTextLyricsListen Through Lucretius’ work in “On the nature of things,” we are able to view the many ways love can be seen as Read More …
Catullus x Billie Eilish
(Ancient Text by Catullus, translated by Peter Bing & Rip Cohen) and when the party’s over (Contemporary Song by Billie Eilish) ParallelTextLyricsListen The idea that two people compliment each other so well that they complete each other is very interesting. Read More …
Longing
(Ancient Text by Sappho, translated by Bing and Cohen) and Yesterday (Contemporary Song by The Beatles) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both the song by the Beatles and the ancient text from Sappho are talking about longing for something. Both of the speakers show Read More …
Terence and Carrie Underwood
(Ancient Text by Terence, translated by Belty Radice) and I’ll Stand By You (Contemporary Song by The Pretenders) ParallelTextLyricsListen There are many similarities between the ancient comedy The Brothers by Terence and the song I’ll Stand by You by The Pretenders, Read More …
Love as a Sickness
(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 …
Love Lockdown x Plutarch
(Ancient Text by Plutarch, translated by Donald Russell) and Love Lockdown (Contemporary Song by Kanye West) ParallelTextLyricsListen Love is often a strong, arguably the strongest, form of expression. Expressing such a strong feeling or desire can sometimes feel like a Read More …
Shelton Ch. III Marriage & Lord Huron – The Night We Met
(Ancient Text by , translated by Shelton) and The Night We Met (Contemporary Song by Lord Huron) ParallelTextLyricsListen We have often talked about love in the context of pain, touching on how it can bring unpleasant experiences to people in Read More …
Ovid 2.19 & “The Tango Maureen” from Rent
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Bing and Cohen) and The Tango Maureen (Contemporary Song by Jonathan Larson) ParallelTextLyricsListen Ovid’s poem describes the struggles of a man who is attracted to married women. In particular, 2.19 focuses on his relationship Read More …
Hey there Terentia – Plain White T’s
(Ancient Text by , translated by ) and Hey There Delilah (Contemporary Song by Plain White T’s) ParallelTextLyricsListen “Hey There Delilah” is a love song written by a musician who sings about his long-distance lover, or rather, sings to her. He addresses Read More …
PDA
(Ancient Text by Catullus, translated by Bing and Cohen) and P.D.A (We Just Don’t Care) (Contemporary Song by John Legend) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both the song by John Legend and the verses of the ancient text focus on the display of physical Read More …
Love No More
(Ancient Text by Catullus, translated by Bing and Cohen) and Love No More (Contemporary Song by Loud Luxury, Anders) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both the song and the verse by Catullus speak of not loving the person they once loved. In the song, Read More …
“My kind of Crazy”, and how Lucretius knows this to be a bad thing
(Ancient Text by Lucretius, translated by Martin Ferguson Smith) and “My Kind of Crazy” (Contemporary Song by Brantley Gilbert) ParallelTextLyricsListen In the works of Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, one can see the detrimental effects of love on the Read More …
Break Up Drama
(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 …
31 Candles (The Mendoza Line) and 1.5 Games of Venus (Horace)
(Ancient Text by Horace, translated by Peter Bing and Rip Cohen) and 31 Candles (Contemporary Song by The Mendoza Line) ParallelTextLyricsListen Horace writes about his personal experience of his relationship with a particular lover, and shares what the current younger Read More …
7 Things (Miley Cyrus) and 75, Games of Venus (Catullus)
(Ancient Text by Catullus, translated by Peter Bing and Rip Cohen) and 7 Things (Contemporary Song by Miley Cyrus) ParallelTextLyricsListen Catullus talks about how he has devoted so much of his love to Lesbia, his lover, that even though she Read More …
“Love Song” by Sara Bareilles and 2.5 Propertius
(Ancient Text by Propertius, translated by Peter Bing and Rip Cohen) and Love Song (Contemporary Song by Sara Bareilles) ParallelTextLyricsListen The ancient text by Propertius is very similar to the modern song “Love Song” by Sara Bareilles, in that they Read More …
Hello From the Other Side – Aeneas
(Ancient Text by , translated by ) and Hello (Contemporary Song by Adele) ParallelTextLyricsListen In Adele’s 2015 song, “Hello”, she sings about wanting to apologize to her ex-lover years later after breaking his heart. Unfortunately, he doesn’t answer the phone Read More …
“Daphnis and Chloe”, “Wet Dreamz”, and the ideas of first love
(Ancient Text by Longus, translated by Paul Turner) and Wet Dreamz (Contemporary Song by J. Cole) ParallelTextLyricsListen In the tale of Daphnis and Chloe by Longus discusses the first experiences in love of a young couple, and so does the Read More …
Medea and “Mama’s Broken Heart”
(Ancient Text by Euripides, translated by A.J. Podlecki) and Mama’s Broken Heart (Contemporary Song by Miranda Lambert) ParallelTextLyricsListen In the tale of Medea by Euripides, translated by A.J. Podlecki, we can see the tale of a scorned woman as her husband Read More …
Giving All of Yourself
(Ancient Text by Theocritus, translated by Bing and Cohen) and All of Me (Contemporary Song by John Legend) ParallelTextLyricsListen Theocritus describes the Cyclops as one who would give anything to be with the one he loves, Galatea. At one point, Read More …
Losing the One You Love
(Ancient Text by Sappho, translated by Bing and Cohen) and “Flowers” (Contemporary Song by 5 After Midnight) ParallelTextLyricsListen Sappho expressed how it feels to see someone you love with another person and how that consumes his every thought. His entire Read More …
Unrequited Love
(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 …
(Ancient Text by Plato, translated by Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff) and Grenade (Contemporary Song by Bruno Mars)
(Ancient Text by Plato, translated by Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff) and Grenade (Contemporary Song by Bruno Mars) ParallelTextLyricsListen Phaedrus describes how lovers refuse to be cowardly in front of the person they love. He even goes as far to Read More …