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Author Paule, Maxwell Teitel, author

Title Canidia, Rome's first witch / Maxwell Teitel Paule
Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations
Series Bloomsbury Classical Studies monograph
Bloomsbury Classical Studies monograph
Contents Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text/Translation; I Canidia, or What Is a Witch?; Introduction; The Historical Canidia; The Problem with Witches; Conclusions; II Satire 1.8: Canidia in the Gardens of Maecenas; Translation; Text; Introduction; A Statue in the Garden, a Witch in the Graveyard; Conclusions; III Hag and Snatcher: Canidia as Child-killing Demon 1 in Epode 5; Translation; Text; Introduction6; Canidia as Child-killing Demon
Canidia and the Puer -- Epode 5 as Response to Vergil's Eclogue 4Epode 5 as Commentary on Civil War; Conclusions; IV Routing the Empusa: Th e Iambic Canidia of Epode 17; Translation; Text; Introduction; Sorry/Not Sorry: Horace's (Not So Apologetic) Apology; Canidia the Empusa; Canidia and the Epodes; Canidia the Anti-Muse; Conclusions; V Venefica Minor: Canidia in Epode 3, Satire 2.1 and 2.8; Canidia the Lesser; Final Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary "Canidia is one of the most well-attested witches in Latin literature. She appears in no fewer than six of Horace's poems, three of which she has a prominent role in. Throughout Horace's Epodes and Satires she perpetrates acts of grave desecration, kidnapping, murder, magical torture and poisoning. She invades the gardens of Horace's literary patron Maecenas, rips apart a lamb with her teeth, starves a Roman child to death, and threatens to unnaturally prolong Horace's life to keep him in a state of perpetual torment. She can be seen as an anti-muse: Horace repeatedly sets her in opposition to his literary patron, casts her as the personification of his iambic poetry, and gives her the surprising honor of concluding not only his Epodes but also his second book of Satires. This volume is the first comprehensive treatment of Canidia. It offers translations of each of the three poems which feature Canidia as a main character as well as the relevant portions from the other three poems in which Canidia plays a minor role. These translations are accompanied by extensive analysis of Canidia's part in each piece that takes into account not only the poems' literary contexts but their magico-religious details."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Horace -- Criticism and interpretation
Canidia (Fictitious character) -- In literature
SUBJECT Canidia (Fictitious character) fast
Horace fast
Horatius Flaccus, Quintus v65-v8 Epodi gnd
Horatius Flaccus, Quintus v65-v8 Saturae 1,8 gnd
Subject Witches -- Rome
Witchcraft -- Rome
Magic, Roman.
Witches in literature.
Ancient religions & mythologies.
Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
RELIGION -- Ancient.
POETRY -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Literature
Magic, Roman
Witchcraft
Witches
Witches in literature
Hexe Motiv
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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