Episode CLXXVIII - Witches in Roman Literature
Emperors of Rome
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Emperors of Rome
The Petronius witch seems a lot more screech owl and a bit of a myth. This one is a much more grounded old lady witch. She's by far the most powerful of the literary witches that we see in those three examples. But overall, we can kind of come back to the sad conclusion that in all of these figures, you can see writ large.
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