Acrasia
Acrasia. [From Greek 
, want of self-control or moderation, intemperance, from privative and 
, strength, power.] A witch in Spenser's "Faëry Queen," represented as a lovely and charming woman, whose dwelling is the Bower of Bliss, situated on an island floating in a lake or gulf, and adorned with every thing in nature that could delight the senses. Acrasia typifies the vice of Intemperance, and Sir Guyon, who illustrates the opposite virtue, is commissioned by the fairy queen to bring her into subjection, and to destroy her residence.
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Acrasia, Intemperance personified. Spenser says she is an enchantress living in the "Bower of Bliss," in "Wandering Island." She had the power of transforming her lovers into monstrous shapes; but sir Guyon (temperance), having caught her in a net and bound her, broke down her bower and burnt it to ashes.--Faërie Queene, ii. 12 (1590).
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Acrasia: an enchantress living in 'The Bower of Bliss,' and personifying Intemperance.
--Spenser, Faëry Queene.
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