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Quidquid id est, timeo danaos et dona ferentes Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts. (Vergil)
Quidquid id est, timeo danaos et dona ferentes Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes is a Latin phrase from Aeneid (II, 49) one of the most important poems in western literature, written by Virgil, an Augustan Age Roman poet. It has been paraphrased in English as the aphorism "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts", though its literal meaning, "I fear the Greeks, even those bearing gifts", carries a somewhat different nuance to the usual English representation of the phrase.
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