Ancient Love Themes in Contemporary Music
(Ancient Text by Euripides, translated by A.J Podlecki) and Broken Promises (Contemporary Song by Placebo) ParallelTextLyricsListen Jealousy is a construct closely related to the issue of love. When feelings run deeply within a person, the ending of a relationship may Read More …
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Rolfe Humphries) and You Belong With Me (Contemporary Song by Taylor Swift) ParallelTextLyricsListen In Ovid’s second book on love, he is talking about how to find a lover. As part of his advice he Read More …
(Ancient Text by Propertius, translated by Peter Bing, Rip Cohen) and Everybody’s Changing (Contemporary Song by Keane) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both Propertius and Keane talk about how people around them have changed. Propertius talks about this after losing his lover. He says, Read More …
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Rolfe Humphries) and The New Workout Plan (Contemporary Song by Kanye West) ParallelTextLyricsListen The Ars Amatoria acts as a guide to love, it answers all the core burning questions of the hopeful lover. Questions Read More …
(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 …
(Ancient Text by Ovid, translated by Rolfe Humphries) and Gold Digger [Clean] (Contemporary Song by Kanye West) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both Ovid and Kanye West are fascinated with the idea of money-hungry women and the manipulative acts women will commit to achieve Read More …