{"product_id":"canidia-romes-first-witch-maxwell-teitel-paule-9781350080805","title":"Canidia, Rome's First Witch","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eEpodes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSatires\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eEpodes\u003c\/i\u003e but also his second book of \u003ci\u003eSatires\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxwell Teitel Paule\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350080802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350080805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d","brand":"Maxwell Teitel Paule","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45478671024383,"sku":"9781350080805","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_509cb619-c244-4aa2-9108-a7d917d146b4.jpg?v=1715935549","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canidia-romes-first-witch-maxwell-teitel-paule-9781350080805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}