This book, a revised doctoral thesis, investigates the presence of the witch Canidia in Horace’s poetry in Sat. 1.8 and Ep. 5 and 17, where she appears as the protagonist, and in Ep. 3 and in Sat. 2.1 and 2.8, where her name is mentioned. The author presents his study in five chapters: (1) “Canidia, or What Is a Witch?” (pp. 1–22), (2) “Satire 1.8: Canidia in the Gardens of Maecenas” (pp. 23–53), (3) “Hag and Snatcher: Canidia as Child-Killing Demon in Epode 5” (pp. 55–94), (4) “Routing the Empusa: The Iambic Canidia or Epode 17” (pp. 95–137), and (5) “Venefica Minor: Canidia in Epode 3, Satire 2.1 and 2.8” (pp. 139–50). Also included are a list of figures and tables (p. viii), acknowledgments (p. ix), “A Note on the Text/Translation” (p. x), notes (p. 151), bibliography (p. 199), and index (p. 215).
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