Catullus 73

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Catullus 73 by Catullus, translated by Wikisource

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"A bitter epigram about personal betrayal, a theme to which the poet returns in poem 77 (cf. also poem 30). In this poem the ungrateful friend is unnamed." (Garrison, 2004). Elegiac Couplet.

Literal English Translation	Original Latin	Line
Cease to want to earn well in any respect from anyone or to think that anyone is able to become grateful. All things are ungrateful, to have acted kindly is not beneficial at all, on the contrary it tires and it hurts more, As it is to me, whom no one distresses more seriously nor more painfully, Than he who holds me as his one and only friend.	Desine de quoquam quicquam bene velle mereri aut aliquem fieri posse putare pium. Omnia sunt ingrata, nihil fecisse benigne prodest, immo etiam taedet obestque magis; ut mihi, quem nemo gravius nec acerbius urget, quam modo qui me unum atque unicum amicum habuit.	73.1 73.2 73.3 73.4 73.5 73.6

AP Latin Syllabus
Vergil: Aeneid Book 1 (lines 1-519), Book 2 (lines 1-56, 199-297, 469-566, 735-804), Book 4 (lines 1-448, 642-705), Book 6 (lines 1-211, 450-476, 847-901), Book 10 (lines 420-509), Book 12 (lines 791-842, 887-952)
Catullus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (6), 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14a, 16, (21), 22, 30, 31, (34), 35, 36, 39,40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 96, 101, 107, 109, 116.
Cicero: Pro Archia Poeta; De Amicitia 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104; Pro Caelio 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80
Horace: Sermones 1.9; Odes 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.37, 1.38, 2.3, 2.7, 2.10, 2.14, 3.1, 3.9, 3.13, 3.30, 4.7
Ovid: Daphne and Apollo, Pyramus and Thisbe, Daedalus and Icarus, Baucis and Philemon, Pygmalion; Amores 1.1, (1.2), 1.3, (1.4), (1.5), (1.6), (1.7), 1.9, 1.11, 1.12, (1.14), (1.15), 3.15