| LC control no. | n 2016049674 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Canidia (Fictitious character) |
| Found in | Paule, M. T. Canidia, Rome's first witch, 2016: ECIP t.p. (Canidia) galley (Canidia is one of the most well attested witches in Latin literature... Canidia is best treated as a fictional character, specifically that of a Roman witch, and due to the complexities of Roman witches the second section of this chapter outlines how these characters function as demonic figures, fluid entities whose attributes change according to the contexts in which they are deployed... Yet the very idea that Canidia's true identity is Gratidia, a perfumer from Naples, is most likely a fanciful construct of the scholiasts, cobbled together from lines of Horace's own poetry) Brill's Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, searched Sept. 9, 2016: (Canidia: frequently mentioned by Horace because of her magic art and mixing of poisons (Epod. 3,8; 5,15; 17,6; sat. I,8, 24; 2, I, 48; 8, 95). It is assumed that in real life she was Gratidia, a perfume seller from Naples (Porphyrio)) |
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