47. The Canidia of Horace (Carm. 1. v. Od. 5 [Epod. 5], with
Dacier's and Sanadon's illustrations) is a vulgar witch. The
Erichtho of Lucan (Pharsal. vi. 430 827) is tedious,
disgusting, but sometimes sublime. She chides the delay of
the Furies; and threatens, with tremendous obscurity, to
pronounce their real names; to reveal the true infernal
countenance of Hecate; to invoke the secret powers that lie
below hell, etc.