Catullus 30

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Catullus 30 is a poem by the Roman poet Catullus, dealing with the untrustworthiness of boyfriends. For a comparison with the female countparts, see Catullus 70 and Catullus 76.

The meter of the poem, Greater Asclepiadean, is relatively rare; this is the only poem of Catullus that uses it.

Latin text

Line	Latin Text
1	Alfene immemor atque unanimis false sodalibus,
2	iam te nil miseret, dure, tui dulcis amiculi?
3	Iam me prodere, iam non dubitas fallere, perfide?
4	Nec facta impia fallacum hominum caelicolis placent.
5	Quae tu neglegis ac me miserum deseris in malis.
6	Eheu quid faciant, dic, homines cuive habeant fidem?
7	Certe tute iubebas animam tradere, inique, me
8	inducens in amorem, quasi tuta omnia mi forent.
9	Idem nunc retrahis te ac tua dicta omnia factaque
10	ventos irrita ferre ac nebulas aereas sinis.
11	Si tu oblitus es, at di meminerunt, meminit Fides,
12	quae te ut paeniteat postmodo facti faciet tui.

Thom, S (1993). "Crime and punishment in Catullus 30". Akroterion 38 51–60.