Gaius Valerius Catullus, 77 "To Rufus: Betrayal!"

Catullus claims Rufus was a friend whom Catullus should not have trusted.

 

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Rufe, ego frustra tibi credo

 

(frustra? immo cum magno et malo pretio),

 

tune secrete venisti ad me, et iniurians intestina mea, ei misero, abstulisti omnia mea bona?

 

abstulisti ab me, heu crudele venenum meae vitae,

 

heu pestis meae amicitiae.

 

Written by Robert Amstutz

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