 Instead, he refers the reader to the writings of the Italian scholar Gyraldus for further information, knowing that few of his female readers would attempt to seek it out.Gyraldus, in turn, refers to reader to Martial, whose writings were only available in Latin and, since Latin was normally only taught to men, that meant that only men would be able to read them.John Donne's erotic epistle "Sapho to Philaenis" is written as a love letter, in which the Lesbian lyric poet Sappho anachronistically professes her love to Philaenis, spurning the affections of her male lover Phaon.