#catullus 70

[lepistemologie]

[patsykes-blog]

Catullus 70- In this poem we see Catullus making a statement on the fidelity of female speech and he warns us not to trust them when they say they love a man in the lines "dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere opertet aqua" (what a woman says to a desirous lover, this ought to write in the wind and rapid water). This is the same message in Biz Markie's "Just a Friend" and is summed up when Biz says "Everything sounded so dandy and sweet, I had no idea I was in for a treat... I saw a fella kissing my girl in the mouth, I was so in shock my heart went down south. So please listen to what I said, don't ever talk to a girl who says she just has a friend".

[violoideae]

The woman I love says there is no one whom she would rather marry than me, not if Jupiter himself were to woo her. Says; - but what a woman says to her ardent lover should be written in wind and running water.

Catullus 70