C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 68.87–100

The mention of Troy leads Catullus back to his brother. The passage is a second lament for him, set against the war the Greeks fought over Helen.

 

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tum Trōia virōs prīmōs Graeciae ad sē vocābat, quia Helena rapta erat. Trōia, nefās, sepulcrum commūne Asiae et Eurōpae est; cinis trīstis virōrum et virtūtum omnium.

 

Trōia etiam frātrī meō mortem miseram tulit.

 

ō frāter, tū mihi miserō ēreptus es!

 

lūmen dulce frātris miserī periit. tēcum domus nostra et omnia gaudia periērunt; amor tuus ea in vītā alēbat.

 

nunc tū procul ā patriā es. nōn inter sepulcra nōta iacēs, nōn prope cinerēs familiae nostrae, sed in Trōiā foedā.

 

terra aliēna tē in extrēmīs fīnibus tenet.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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