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 [|picture one] In Ovid's book one, he tells a story of Jupiter and a girl named Io, who he is very much infatuated with. One day after Zeus was gone for a while, Hera went to look for him. she separated the clouds to find him, but Zeus knew she was looking for him, so he turned Io into a cow, which was approved by Saturnia who granted the cow as a gift, which he "could not" refuse. Because Zeus loved her so much, he turned her into a cow to keep her, also to avoid all questions from ever suspicious Juno. In this picture, you see Zeus in front of the cow, or Io, and cupid holding a cloak with some other man, and Hera up in the clouds. The expression on the mans face holding the cloak with cupid, looks like he's in a rush to cover the cow, or hide the cloak if it is the cloak Io was wearing, but it looks as if they are trying to cover up the cow to hide it from Hera. His body language expresses quickness and urgency, that he must cover this cow or he must take away Io's cloak to rid Hera of suspicion. Cupid is in this picture to express Zeus' love for Io, Cupid's body language shows he wants to cover up the cow, because he is leaning forward and extending his arms out towards the cows face to cover her. Unlike the other man, he shows swiftness and lackadaisical, because it looks like he is taking his time. Hera's face looks angry, but also like she knew something was up in the first place, and she's suspicious about why he has his arm around a cow, and why cupid and someone else is there holding a cloak over the cow. Her body language makes her seem very suspicious because of not only her facial expression, but the hand on her hip, showing doubtfulness about the situation, and she's kind of hunched over, which is usually associated with being upset or disappointed. Zeus looks startled, like he's trying to get up off of the rock and away from the cow. The way he is positioned suggests that he is trying to rid Hera of any suspicion she had about him, although he knows it's not so normal to just be sitting next to a cow, and because the cow was turned into a gift to him, it lessens the suspicion about what he was doing there. However, there's nothing he can do to truly get rid of Hera's suspicion.  

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Orpheus and Eurydice in Ovid's book 10, is shown depicted by the British artist George Frederick Watts. This was his first painting in his aesthetic classicism paintings in the late 1860's. This picture shows the point where Orpheus, although he was told to not look back or he would lose Eurydice forever, could not handle not looking at her anymore, and looked back. The way Eurydice's body is positioned shows that she is helpless and has no control of her body while being dragged back to the underworld, and her face is one of sadness and abandonment. Orpheus' body position shows a lack of strength against the pull of the underworld. He is trying to grasp her but as strong as he might be, nothing will stop her from leaving, and that is the weakness that is shown in this picture. The overall mood of this picture shows the abandonment and despair of the two once lovers, and Orpheus' face shows that he is helpless and disappointed in his lack of strength to not look back, which is depicted in the way his arms are trying to grab her. The tragedy of the situation is also excellently displayed, because any person to see this without knowing the story, can see that the intimacy between the two was so great that the loss of this woman, or Eurydice, was a heart-wrenching, tragic event. =====     In this inspirational poem, the writer is trying to get the message of "seize the day" across to their readers. This connects with Horace's poem 1.11, where he is telling Leuconia to enjoy each day for what it is worth. In this poem, the poet says that you should laugh more, live long, take opportunities, and enjoy the little things life has to offer to the fullest, because you do not know what tomorrow will bring. In 1.11, Horace uses words like "sapias" ("you ought to be wise") and "Liques vina" ("you ought to strain wine"). He tells Leuconia to relax and enjoy the smaller things in life. He also tells Leuconia "reseces spem longam" ("you ought to cut back the long hope"), telling Leuconia to not worry about the future, to live now and make whatever it is you hope for, to happen now. The author of this poem writes "Life is a gift, appreciate all the rewards, and jump on every opportunity," this author is giving the same advice that Horace is giving to Leuconia, to do what you want to do //now// and don't push it off for later. Enjoy what you have. Horace also talks about winters that "debilitat" ("weaken") the Tyrrenhum sea, this parallels to what the author of this poem wrote, that "Life...[is] going to push you over, kick you while you're down, and hit you when you try to get back up". The author is saying that things in life can weaken you, but "not everything can beat you," and Horace is saying that the Tyyrenhum sea is too weakened by storms sent by Juppiter (or life), but it still recovers. Horace also says to trust the next day as little as possible, which has the same meaning as this poem's overall meaning is: To live life to the fullest, because you do not know where it will take your tomorrow/what will happen to you. ==**Live Life** == (Anonymous author) Life is crazy, and totally unpredictable... It's going to push you over, kick you while you're down and hit you when you try to get back up. Not everything can beat you. Things are going to change you, But you get to choose which ones you let change you. Listen to your heart, Follow your dreams, And let no one tell you what you're capable of. Push the limits, Bend the rules, And enjoy every minute of it. Laugh at everything, Live for as long as you can. Love all, But trust none. Believe in yourself, And never lose [|faith] in others Settle for nothing but only the best, And give 110% in everything you do. Take risks, Live on the edge, Yet stay safe, And cherish every moment of it. Life is a gift, Appreciate all the rewards, And jump on every opportunity. Not everyone's going to love you But who needs them anyways. Challenge everything, And fight for what you believe. Back down to nothing, But give in to the little things in life, After all, that is what makes you. Forget the unnecessary, But remember everything, Bring it with you everywhere you go. Learn something new, And appreciate criticism. Hate nothing, But dislike what you want. Never forget where you came from, And always remember where you are going. Live Life to its fullest, And have a reason for everything, Even if it's totally insane. Find Your purpose in life, and Live it!

Poem Source: [|Live Life, Inspirational Poems] []

media type="youtube" key="j5CodPJZXO8?fs=1" height="385" width="480" Okay, I believe you but my Tommy gun don't-Brand New This song is actually quite comparative to Catullus 69. The singer, Jesse, was going out with this girl, who was the love of his life,when suddenly she decided to go out with his best friend. This caused much controversy between Jesse and his best friend, where they ended up not being friends anymore. In this song, Jesse explains how he is better than his best friend "I am heaven sent...I am all you've ever wanted, what all the other boys all promised" implying that his best friend is not good enough for her, and will lie and just be a bad boyfriend. This compares with Catullus saying "Don't be surprised how no woman would wish to have placed her tender leg under you Rufus" because he is implying that he is not good enough to have any woman want him. Both express an extreme amount of denial because they are both implying "how could anyone want you when I am better than them?" Also, In this song Jesse is saying "We're concentrating on falling apart...i just wanna believe in us," this is similar to the mood of Catullus' poem. The whole poem, Catullus is saying how disgusting Rufus is like how he has a "savage goat [that] lives under the valley of [his] armpits." He is explaining all of Rufus' faults so that he can convince himself that he and Lesbia have not been "falling apart" throughout the duration of their relationship, so that he can make himself believe ("I just wanna believe in us") that she still loves him and would never leave him, especially for as disgusting as Rufus. Also, In the song, Jesse says "<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">And these are the words you wish you wrote down. This is the way you wish your voice sounds," implying that his friend has no musical talent and cannot sing, basically saying his friend is not as good as he is. This compares to Catullus saying "For it is a very bad animal, and [one] with whom a pretty girl would not lie down." Catullus is saying that no girl would want to lie down with him because he stinks. He is not as great as Catullus is because he smells bad, and what girl would want to be with some who is so unhygienic? That is the question Catullus is trying to support his belief with that Lesbia is not with Rufus. In the song, Jesse is saying that "we are the best at what we do, and these are the words you wish you wrote down" implying that his friend is uncreative and just not as good as Jesse, so how could his ex-girlfriend ever like somebody who is like that? They both point out the faults of the person who "stole" their woman away from them, and say whatever they can to convince themselves that their love has not faded.

Lyrics: <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I am heaven sent, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">don't you dare forget. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I am all you've ever wanted, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">what all the other boys all promised. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Sorry I told. I just needed you to know.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I think in decimals and dollars. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I am the cause to all your problems, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">shelter from cold. We're never alone. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Coordinate brain and mouth. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Then ask me what's it like to have myself so figured out. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I wish I knew.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I hope this song starts a craze. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">The kind of song that ignites the airwaves. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">The kind of song that makes people glad <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">to be where they are, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">with whoever they're there with. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">This is war. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Every line is about, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">who I don't wanna write about anymore. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Hope you come down with something <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">they can't diagnose, don't have the cure for. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Holding on to your grudge. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Oh it's so hard to have someone to love. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">And keeping quiet is hard. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">'cause you cant keep a secret if it never was a secret to start. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">At least pretend you didn't wanna get caught.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We're concentrating on falling apart. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We were contenders, we're throwing the fight. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">But I just wanna believe, I just wanna believe, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I just wanna believe, in us.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Oh, we're so c-c-c-c-c-controversial. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We are entirely smooth. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We admit to the truth, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">we are the best at what we do. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">And these are the words you wish you wrote down. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">This is the way you wish your voice sounds, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">handsome and smart. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Oh my tongue's the only muscle on my body <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">that works harder than my heart. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">And its all from watching TV. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">And from speeding up my breathing. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Would'nt stop if i could. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Oh it hurts to be this good. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">You're holding on to your grudge. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Oh it hurts to always have to be honest with the one that you love. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Oh, so let it go.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We're concentrating on falling apart. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We were contenders, we're throwing the fight. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">But I just wanna believe, I just wanna believe, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I just wanna believe. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We're concentrating on falling apart. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We were contenders, we're throwing the fight. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">But I just wanna believe, I just wanna believe, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I just wanna believe, in us.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">This is the grace that only we can bestow. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">This is the price you pay for loss of control. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">This is the break in the bend, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">this is the closest of calls. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">This is the reason your alone, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">this is the rise and the fall.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We're concentrating on falling apart. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We were contenders, we're throwing the fight. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">But I just wanna believe, I just wanna believe, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I just wanna believe. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We're concentrating on falling apart. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">We were contenders, we're throwing the fight. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">But I just wanna believe, I just wanna believe, <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">I just wanna believe, in us.

media type="youtube" key="HIX2RAHPTsI?fs=1" height="385" width="480" -Although in this song, the singer is singing about a man, I feel like this song relates in certain ways to Poem 72. In the song, the singer says "Now I know your heart...that way", I think that this relates to when Catullus says "Now I've gotten to know you; therefore, even if I burn the worst,/ you are cheaper and of less meaning to me." because in the song the singer says now that they know you and your intentions, you are not viewed in a good light anymore. Also, when the singers says "Just use me up...walk away...can't play me that way" they're saying how this person had used them and they don't want them to do that, and I feel that this relates to when Catullus says "You once used to say that you alone knew Catullus./ Lesbia, that you do not want to hold Juppiter before me." because she was leading him on to believe something that was not necessarily true, or "playing" him. Lesbia basically had Catullus feeding out of her hands, so she had to lead him on in order to get what she wanted. In the poem when Catullus says "But how a father loves his children and his sons in law." (talking about his love for Lesbia) He is explaining how he still loves, but in more of a fatherly type of way. Even though she had hurt him, he still feels loves for her, and in the song, they say "But you always knew you held my heart", which is saying that the person this singer loves, has her heart, and Lesbia had Catullus' heart, and even though she hurt him, she still had his heart.

Just tell me what you've got to say to me I've been waiting for so long to hear the truth It comes as no surprise at all you see So cut the crap and tell me that we're through

Now I know your heart, I know your mind You don't even know you're being unkind So much for all your highbrow Marxist ways Just use me up and then you walk away Boy, you can't play me that way

Well I guess what you say is true I could never be the right kind of girl for you

CHORUS:

I could never be your woman I could never be your woman I could never be your woman I could never be your woman

When I saw my best friend yesterday She said she never liked you from the start Well me, I wish that I could claim the same But you always knew you held my heart

And you're such a charming, handsome man Now I think I finally understand Is it in your genes? I don't know But I'll soon find out, that's for sure Why did you play me this way

Well I guess what you say is true I could never be the right kind of girl for you

(CHORUS)

media type="custom" key="7095737" It think that this song "And I lover her" by The Beatles, relates to Catullus' love for Lesbia. The lines "I give her all my love. That's all I do, and if you saw my love, you'd love her too" reminded me of how he is showing his love for her in Poem Five and Poem Seven because he says how he loves her so and not to worry about anyone else opinions, because only their love for each other matters. Also, this song reminds me of Poem 45. This is because in Poem 45, he is describing his ideal relationship with Lesbia, but is using two different people. This song resembles a perfect, happy relationship of two lovers with not a care in the world except for their love, and that is what he wants his relationship with Lesbia to be like. "She gives me everything, and tenderly. The kiss my lover brings, she brings to me" this part of the song is describing how his lovers kiss is for him only, and that is what Catullus wants from Lesbia. In Poem 45, Catullus links faithful and Acme together, to imply staying faithful to him. This line relates to Poem 45 because Catullus is describing the ideal relationship he wants with Lesbia, he wants her to be faithful to him and to give him everything like he does to her.

Lyrics: I give her all my love That's all I do And if you saw my love You'd love her too I love her

She gives me everything And tenderly The kiss my lover brings She brings to me And I love her

A love like ours Could never die As long as I Have you near me

Bright are the stars that shine Dark is the sky I know this love of mine Will never die And I love her

Bright are the stars that shine Dark is the sky I know this love of mine Will never die And I love her