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The Aeneid by Virgil is a famous story of Nationalism. It is a national epic poem that describes Aeneas’s journey from the shores of Troy to Italy. Virgil spent 10 years writing this incredible epic piece of literature for Augustus. The country of Italy had just got out of the turmoil of civil wars. Augustus’s country, in Rome especially, was in tatters and he needed a story of Nationalism to spark ideas of unity. In the 1850’s, artist Emanuel Luetze had similar ideas when he painted the famous oil canvas painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware. In the 1850’s there was great turmoil in the US due to tensions caused by the issue of slavery. The US seemed to be falling apart just like Rome was at the time the Aeneid was written. The painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware was created in attempt to stress the independence America yearned for at that time and to express the freedom that should be valued. The painting expressed not only the leadership Washington displayed to his people, but what it took for our country to become an independent nation. The painting was also meant to rally the American people to want to fight for our country side by side, no matter what the color of their skin was. Like the Aeneid, it was created to try to unify the country and get the people to come together and leave their differences behind. The story of the Aeneid is an epic tale of Aeneas leading the Trojan people. In the painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware, our first president George Washington is leading the Americans into the Battle of Trenton. In both works, each hero is leading their people across a body of water. In the Aeneid, Aeneas is leading the Trojans across the Mediterranean and in the painting, Washington is leading the Americans across the Delaware River. This picture is a painting of Medea and Jason done by Gustave Moreau in 1865. In Book VII of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Medea betrays her father and aids Jason in getting the Golden Fleece. Jason promised to marry Medea after this event. In the end, we learn that this was not actually the case. When Jason gets home from his excursion of getting the fleece, his father, Aeson, was very ill. Medea came to the rescue and made a long nine-day journey to cure Jason’s father of his illness. Medea falls madly in love with Jason and will do anything for him. She ends up restoring Aeson’s life with herbs and by performing rituals. When she returns from saving Aeson’s life, Jason is already married to another woman. Medea here transforms from a lover to a vengeful murderer. She kills Jason’s wife and their two children. In this picture, you can see the love in Medea’s eyes as Jason just stares off into space without making intimate eye contact with her. Medea wants to marry Jason and have a family with him but he clearly had other intentions. He lied to Medea and used her for protection during his quest for the Golden Fleece. This picture shows the loving side of Medea, but the indifferent look in Jason’s eyes foreshadows the couples’ downfall. I compared the movie Trading Places with the story in Ovid’s metamorphoses of Daedalus and Icarus. In the story, Daedalus is a genius inventor that seems to be too smart for his own good. King Minos of Crete banished Daedalus and his son Icarus to a labyrinth so it would be nearly impossible for him to escape. Daedulus was too smart and after Daedalus aided Minos’s wife helping her commit adultery with a bull, King Minos did not want to risk having such an intelligent man be out in the city possibly planning his next invention. Once in the labyrinth, Daedalus began to create a way for him and his son to escape. Daedalus created wings made of wax so he and his son could fly out of the labyrinth to a foreign land. As they were escaping, Daedalus warned Icarus to not go too close to the sun or his wings would melt. Icarus got carried away and flew too close to the sun. As a result, Icarus fell into the sea and died. In this story, Daedalus’s intelligence gave him great hubris that he could outsmart King Minos and be successful. In the end, Daedalus ends up grieving and this was his downfall. In the movie Trading Places, two extremely wealthy and successful businessmen that go by the name of Duke and Duke, are part of a business that trades commodities. After a cold front goes through Florida, the Duke brothers try to outsmart their competitors by trying to illegally obtain information on the prediction of the orange crop for this coming season. They do this so they can invest the right amount of money and make huge profits off of the investments. Eddie Murphy and another character named Louis, switch the illegal reports so the Dukes get the report with false information. In the end, the Dukes invest completely wrong and lose all their money and fortune. This relates back to Daedalus because like the Duke brothers, they tried to outsmart their opponents and ended up failing and grieving. The Dukes grieve the loss of their fortune and Daedalus grieves the death of his son, Icarus.

media type="youtube" key="kG7Vl3R67NA" width="425" height="350" Horace 2.10 correlates with the song From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) by Bruce Springsteen. In line one, Horace says “neque altum semper” which translates “and neither by always sailing on the deep sea”. Horace uses this quote to describe further his view on fate and living how you are supposed to (which is not always exactly how you want to). By using the term the “deep sea”, Horace is implying that a man should not try to be someone they are not and venture out into a world in which they do not belong. Horace is trying to explain throughout this poem that fate has your life planned out for you already so do not take daring risks that is not appropriate for your lifestyle. In this song From Small Things, Bruce is explaining how one should take small steps in their life to achieve better things and not go for something big right away. He explains this because life will bring you the big things if you just do the small things first. The phrase “turres decidunt” explains how proud trees will fall with a heavier crash. Horace is describing here that when you are at the top the only place to go is down and when you do eventually go down, your life falls apart fast and dramatically. This relates back to this song because the girl Bruce is singing about knew how to handle life in the appropriate way and knew that everything would work out in the end. In the first stanza when she is writing to her mother, it implies how her mother did not have the same outlook she did on life. Her mom was pressuring her into doing something big and making a big step when the girl knew that the small steps would lead to a bigger, positive things in her life.

=**From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) Lyrics** =

At sixteen she quit high school to make her fortune in the promised land She got a job behind the counter in an all night hamburger stand She wrote faithfully home to mama "Now mama don't you worry none" From small things, mama Big things one day come

It was late one Friday he pulled in out of the dark He was tall and handsome; first she took his order, then she took his heart They bought a house up on the hillside Where little feet soon would run From small things, mama Big things one day come

BRIDGE: Oh but love is fleeting it's sad but true But when your heart is beating You don't wanna hear the news She packed her bags and with a Wyomie County real estate man She ran down to Tampa In and "El Dorado Grande" She wrote back home, "Dear Mama Life is just heaven in the sun  From small things, mama  Big things one day come"

Well she shot him dead On a sunny Florida road When they caught her all she said Was she couldn't stand the way he drove

Back home lonesome Johnny Prays for his baby's parole He waits on the hillside Where the Wyomie waters roll At his feet and almost grown now A blue-eyed daughter and a handsome son Well from small things, mama Big things one day come Well from small things, mama

media type="youtube" key="nkUrSvMOvjY" width="425" height="350" Catullus’s poem 77 and Taylor Swift’s song “Better than Revenge” correlate perfectly. In poem 77, Catullus criticizes his so-called “friend” Rufus for sleeping with his lover Lesbia. He starts the poem by accusing Rufus saying that he was a dear friend to him “amice mihi”. Taylor Swift starts with saying that she had her boyfriend right where she wanted him in their relationship. Everything was going well until another girl came along, “she took him faster than you could say sabotage”, and stole her boyfriend. This is a similar situation in poem 77. Though Catullus is not officially dating Lesbia, he loved being with her and thought they were in a good place in their affair relationship. Taylor Swift then goes on to say, “I never saw it coming, wouldn’t have suspected it”. This relates back to poem 77 when Catullus says how Catullus is a “trusted friend” and that infers how he would not have expected a close friend of his to sleep with his lover. Taylor Swift says how she “underestimated just who she was dealing with”. This can relate back to Catullus because he knew Lesbia was a cheating woman but he did not expect that she would cheat on the man she was cheating on her husband with! Taylor Swift then goes on to say in the song “she had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum”. This goes back to Catullus because he says how Rufus has “consumed my guts” by sleeping with Lesbia. Taylor and Catullus were both hurt by friends stealing their significant others!

Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did Ha, Time for a little revenge Verse: The story starts when it was hot and it was summer And, I had it all; I had him right there where I wanted him She came along, got him alone, and let's hear the applause She took him faster than you can say sabotage I never saw it coming, wouldn't have suspected it I underestimated just who I was dealing with She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum She underestimated just who she was stealing from
 * Better than Revenge by Taylor Swift Lyrics:**

[Chorus] She's not a saint and she's not what you think She's an actress, Whoa She's better known for the things that she does On the mattress, Whoa Soon she's gonna find Stealing other people's toys on the playground Won't make you many friends She should keep in mind, She should keep in mind There is nothing I do better than revenge, Ha

[Verse] She looks at life like it's a party and she's on the list She looks at me like I'm a trend and she's so over it I think her ever present frown is a little troubling And, she thinks I'm psycho Cause I like to rhyme her name with things, but Sophistication isn't what you wear, or who you know Or pushing people down to get you where you wanna go Oh they didn't teach you that in prep school So it's up to me But no amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity

[Chorus] She's not a saint and she's not what you think She's an actress, Whoa She's better known for the things that she does On the mattress, Whoa Soon she's gonna find Stealing other people's toys on the playground Won't make you many friends She should keep in mind, She should keep in mind There is nothing I do better than revenge, Ha ha

[Bridge] I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at honey You might have him, but haven't you heard I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at honey You might have him, but I always get the last word Whoa

[Chorus] She's not a saint and she's not what you think She's an actress, Whoa She's better known for the things that she does On the mattress, Whoa Soon she's gonna find Stealing other people's toys on the playground Won't make you many friends She should keep in mind, She should keep in mind There is nothing I do better than revenge,

And do you still feel like you know what you're doing, Cause I don't think you do, Oh Do you still feel like you know what you're doing I don't think you do, I don't think you do Let's hear the applause C'mon show me how much better you are See you deserve some applause Cause you're so much better She took him faster than you could say sabotage!

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media type="youtube" key="hqRgYuGIIwk" width="425" height="350" Catullus’s poem 70 and the song Forever and Always by Taylor Swift are a perfect match. In the song, Taylor Swift begins to explain how a boy told her that he loved her. (“You looked me in the eyes and told me you loved me”). She then goes on to say, “Were you just kidding because it seems to me this thing is breaking down we almost never speak.” This correlates back to poem 70 because Catullus describes how Lesbia says many nice and intimate things like in line 1 “Nullia se dicit mulier mea nubere malle”. This translates into how Lesbia says that there is no one she would prefer to marry than Catullus. This statement is clearly false because she is married to another man and has an affair with Catullus. This goes back to the song because Taylor Swift’s boyfriend said that he loved her and everything was perfect and now he is “halfway out the door”. Just like in the wretched life of Catullus, he has to see Lesbia leave him and go back to her husband after they have spent the night together. Taylor Swift then goes on to say how she “was there when you said forever and always, you didn’t mean it baby”. This matches perfectly to what Catullus was saying in lines 3-4 (“Dicit…aqua”). Catullus is saying how women say these nice things to their eager lovers to lead them on when really it doesn’t mean anything and they do not follow their words with the same actions. Taylor Swift is saying the same thing as Catullus but just reversed. She is saying that what men say to their eager lovers should not be believed, but Catullus is saying that what ever a woman says to her eager lover should not be believed. **Forever & Always lyrics**

Once upon a time, I believe it was a Tuesday When I caught your eye We caught onto something, I hold on to the night You looked me in the eye and told me you loved me Were you just kidding? 'Cause it seems to me

This thing is breaking down, we almost never speak I don't feel welcome anymore Baby, what happened? Please tell me 'Cause one second it was perfect Now you're halfway out the door

And I stare at the phone; he still hasn't called And then you feel so low, you can't feel nothin' at all And you flashback to when he said, forever and always Oh, oh

And it rains in your bedroom, everything is wrong It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone 'Cause I was there when you said forever and always

Was I out of line? Did I say something way too honest Made you run and hide like a scared little boy? I looked into your eyes, thought I knew you for a minute Now I'm not so sure

So here's to everything, coming down to nothing Here's to silence that cuts me to the core Where is this going? Thought I knew for a minute But I don't anymore

And I stare at the phone; he still hasn't called And then you feel so low, you can't feel nothin' at all And you flashback to when he said forever and always Oh, oh

And it rains in your bedroom, everything is wrong It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone 'Cause I was there when you said forever and always You didn't mean it, baby, I don't think so Oh, oh

Oh, back up, baby, back up, did you forget everything? Back up, baby, back up, did you forget everything?

'Cause it rains in your bedroom, everything is wrong It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone 'Cause I was there when you said forever and always

And I stare at the phone he still hasn't called And then you feel so low, you can't feel nothin' at all And you flashback to when we said forever and always!

And it rains in your bedroom, everything is wrong It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone 'Cause I was there when you said forever and always You didn't mean it, baby, you said forever and always, Yeah

[|Please Don't Go by Mike Posner] In the poem Catullus 5, there are great similarities to the song “Please Don’t Go,” by Mike Posner. The first line of the song is, “Let’s run away, from these lies.” In poem 5, Catullus discusses how him and Lesbia should value all of the rumors at one penny. This compares to the song because the lies are the rumors and he is saying to run away from the lies by being together. A part in the song that soon follows is, “We’ll just keep running from tomorrow with our lips locked.” This relates back to the poem because Catullus does not want tomorrow to come due to the fact that Lesbia will have to leave him. The part that says, “with our lips locked,” relates back to the poem because Catullus talks about Lesbia giving him a thousand kisses, then a hundred and so on and so forth. The song then goes on to say, “Please don’t runaway, from my bed. Start another day, stay instead.” This relates back to the poem because Catullus does not want Lesbia to go back to her husband and wants her to stay him with forever. I never related this song and poem 5 to each other before this assignment, and find it very interesting how the ideas of Catullus are in current, every day songs!