The Works of Apuleius (Golden Ass, God of Socrates, Florida, On the Doctrines of Plato)

“‘Would you like,’ said he, ‘to hear of one or two—or even many—of her performances? As for making not only her fellow-countrymen love her to distraction, but even the Indians or the inhabitants of both AethiopiasAncient geography considered the Nile the boundary between the two Aethiopias, representing Africa and Asia. and the Antichthones,Original: τὴν ἐναντίαν χθόνα. Meaning those who inhabit the opposite side of the earth, or the Antipodes. these are mere trifles, the leaves of her art. Listen to what she has performed in the presence of many witnesses. With a single word, she changed a lover of hers into a beaver because he had debauched another woman—since that beast, when pursued, escapes by cutting off its own genitals, and she wished the same to befall him. She changed an innkeeper neighbor, of whom she was envious, into a frog; now the old fellow swims in a cask of his own wine, or is buried in the dregs, croaking hoarsely at his customers. She transformed an advocate of the Forum into a ram because he had conducted a case against her; to this day, that ram is always butting heads.Original: causas agit (he pleads cases). A pun on a ram "butting" (arguing) cases. Then there was the wife of a lover of hers, whom she condemned to perpetual pregnancy by closing her womb so the infant could not egress, because the wife had gossiped about the witch. For eight years, this poor creature has been swelling as if she were about to give birth to an elephant.Pliny the Elder claimed the elephant's gestation period was ten years.

“‘After this woman and many others had been injured by her arts, public indignation was aroused; it was determined that on the following day, she would be stoned to death. But, by the power of her enchantments...’”