Canace
Americannoun
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They were the sons of Iphimedia, some say, others, of Canace.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Men like Galba and Vespasian heard with great indignation from scoffing foreigners how, at Rome, they had seen the emperor acting Orestes or even Canace on the stage.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
The same may be said of the species of Canace, of which two forms are found in America, C. canadensis, the spruce-partridge, and C. franklini, and also of the Siberian C. falcipennis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Pity runneth soon in gentle heart: the same is said of Theseus, in The Knight's Tale, and of Canace, by the falcon, in The Squire's Tale.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
Canace and canache are both short in Ovid; all which may have helped to the inference for Candăce.
From Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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