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to: Bill Birrell
from: Charles Angelich
date: 2003-08-16 01:31:00
subject: clarification

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Hello Bill - 

>> A bit like "Beware of Trojans bearing gifts" from my point
>> of  view. 

BB> "Timeo Danaeos et donna ferrent?" Unusual translation,
BB> Charles! :-) 

Et tu, Brute? 

You are correct, I plead guilty to an abysmal grasp of ancient
history. 

The original Latin "Timeo Danaeos et dona ferentes" (From book
II of Virgil's Eneid) would be "I fear the Greeks and the gifts
they bring". The gift was, of course, the wooden horse. 

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