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Canidia, Rome's first witch /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2017.
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| Colección: | Bloomsbury Classical Studies monograph.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.