Candace Cand ace (Κανδάκη) is mentioned in Acts 8:27 as ‘queen of the Ethiopians,’ i.e. of Meroë (See Ethiopia and Ethiopian Eunuch). It appears from various ancient authorities that this was a name always borne by the queen-mother of the Ethiopians, and that in many cases she reigned still as dowager: e.g. we read Κανδάκην Α ἰ θίο π ες π ᾶ σαν τ ὴ ν το ῦ βασιλέως μητέρα καλο ῦ σιν (J. A. Cramer, Catena in Acta Apostolorum, 1844, p. 143), an extract from an anonymous author who proceeds to quote Bion (of Soli) thus: Α ἰ θίο π ες το ὺ ς βασιλέων πατέρας ο ὐ κ ἐ κφαίνουσιν, ἁ λλʼ ὡ ς ὄ ντας υ ἱ ο ὺ ς ἡ λίου παραδιδόασιν· ἑ κάστου δ ὲ τ ὴ ν μητέρα καλο ῦ σι Κανδάκην; cf. Athen. xiii. 566 and Pliny, HN [Note: N Historia Naturalis (Pliny).] vi. 29. The name in its Egyptian form is said to occur on the monuments, and a queen so named tried conclusions with the Romans during the reign of Augustus 24-21 b.c. and obtained some measure of success. The expression in Acts 8:27 that the ε ὐ νο ῦ χος δυνάστης, whom Philip baptized, ‘was over all her treasure’ suggests that th is monarch was powerful and wealthy.
C. L. Feltoe.