Episode CLXXVIII - Witches in Roman Literature


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Dec 06 2021 43 mins   666 3 0

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)