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Timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs, paraphrased in English as " I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts ", is a Latin phrase from Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by Virgil. The phrase is spoken by Trojan priest Laocoön referring to the Trojan Horse used by the Greeks during the Trojan War. The literal meaning of the phrase is "I fear the ...
Answer: Laura Jarrett. Laura Jarrett (Nathan Congleton / TODAY) Overlooking the Rockefeller Center ice rink is an 18-foot, gilded bronze sculpture of what Greek Titan? Answer: Prometheus. In 2018 ...
Xenia (Greek) Jupiter and Mercurius in the House of Philemon and Baucis (1630–33) by the workshop of Rubens: Zeus and Hermes, testing a village's practice of hospitality, were received only by Baucis and Philemon, who were rewarded while their neighbors were punished. Xenia ( Greek: ξενία) is an ancient Greek concept of hospitality.
ferentes = accusative plural of "ferens", which is the present participe of "ferre", "to bear". That makes "I fear" being the subject, then there is "and", followed by "the Greeks and the gifts (they are) bearing" which is all accusative. Hence: "I fear the Greeks and gifts they are bearing".
Laocoön ( / leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn, - kəˌwɒn /; [1] [2] [a] Ancient Greek: Λαοκόων, romanized : Laokóōn, IPA: [laokóɔːn], gen.: Λαοκόοντος) is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology and the Epic Cycle. Laocoön is a Trojan priest. He and his two young sons are attacked by giant serpents, sent by the gods when Laocoön argued ...
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t. e. Modern influence of ancient Greece refers to the influence of Ancient Greece on later periods of history, from Medieval times up to the current modern era. Greek culture and philosophy has a disproprtionate influence on modern society and its core culture, in comparison to other ancient societies of similar settings.
Panathenaic Games. The Panathenaic Games ( Ancient Greek: Παναθήναια) were held every four years in Athens in Ancient Greece from 566 BC [1] to the 3rd century AD. [2] These Games incorporated religious festival, ceremony (including prize-giving), athletic competitions, and cultural events hosted within a stadium .
Hospitium ( [hɔs̠ˈpɪt̪iʊ̃]; Greek: ξενία, xenia, προξενία) is the ancient Greco-Roman concept of hospitality as a divine right of the guest and a divine duty of the host. Similar or broadly equivalent customs were and are also known in other cultures, though not always by that name. Among the Greeks and Romans, hospitium was ...
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