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Horace, Epodes V. 49·82

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

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Copyright © The Classical Association 1923

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1 Cf. Ovid, Tr. 2, 459; Tib. 1. 6. 32.

2 So Virgil Eclogues VIII. also.

3 I.e., from her point of interest. It is unbearable that people should make laughter of the fact that Canidia's charms, personal and professional, are not great enough to retain the allegiance of even her greybeard admirer.

4 v. 62. ‘Valent’ is clearly right. Canidia is in possession of Medea's receipt handed down from witch to witch in the direct line of enchantment. So Tibullus: ‘sola tenere malas Medeae dicitur herbas.’