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Episode CLXXVIII - Witches in Roman Literature
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:43:45
Publish Date: 2021-12-07 05:52:02
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Romans had the reality of witches, those who made the brews and prepared the curses, but also the witches of fiction. In their poems and stories, a witch took on a horrific persona, one that skews much more closely to the modern idea of a witch.

Guest: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Head of Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University)
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