Canace

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[kan-uh-see] / ˈkæn əˌsi /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Aeolus who killed herself at her father's command because of her incestuous relations with her brother Macareus.

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Example Sentences

They were the sons of Iphimedia, some say, others, of Canace.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Electra adorns Agamemnon’s tomb with her locks, and Canace laments that she had not been able to perform the same rite on her beloved Macareus.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

The pictures of Pasiphae, Canace, Phædra, Myrrha, and Scylla, which are now in the Cabinet of the Aldobrandini Marriage, in the Vatican Library, were discovered in one of the bedrooms of the villa.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

They are women, not girls, and women who have lived and suffered, but they are just what we should expect Blanche, or Emily, or Canace to develop into.

From Chaucer and His Times by Hadow, Grace E.

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