Catullus

Catullus

Summary

Portrait of Catullus Catullus,  Catullus 110

“ Aufillena: but to steal gifts
by fraud amounts more to [the character] of a greedy prostitute,
who prostitutes herself with her whole body.
Aufilēna, bonae semper laudantur amīcae:
accipiunt pretium quod facere instituunt
tū, quod prōmīstī mihī, quod mentīta, inimīca es;
quod nec dās et fers saepe, facis facinus
aut facere ingenuae est, aut non prōmisse pudīcae,
Aufilēna, fuit: sed data corripere
fraudandō efficit plūs quam meretrīcis avārae,
quae sēsē tōtō corpore prōstituit.
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