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
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
Canace, daughter of Aeolus, is named in the prologue to The Man of Law's Tale as one of the ladies whose "cursed stories" Chaucer refrained from writing.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
Pandarus wept as if he would turn to water; so, in The Squire's Tale, did Canace weep for the woes of the falcon.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
Like Chaucer's Canace, of sleep "She was full mesurable, as women be."
From Brother Copas by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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