W/W: Unrequited, Pompeian Graffiti CIL IV 8321A

Unrequited: From the Walls of Pompeii

Name: Chloe Date: prior to 79 CE Region: Pompeii [modern Italy] Citation:   CIL 4.8321A

Chloe greets Eutychia.

Eutychia, you don’t care about me;

instead, you love your Redhead[1] with steadfast hope.

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[1] The gendered ending was not preserved here. 

Unrequited: From the Walls of Pompeii

CHLOE EUTYCHIAE S[alutem]

NON ME CURAS, EUTYCHIA. SPE FIRMA TUA RUF* AMAS