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HarryT · 01-09-2012, 06:10 AM

BTW: Purely for information, the line about "Greeks bearing gifts" is actually from Book 2 of the Aeneid, not from the Iliad:

"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes"

Which can be translated as:

"I fear the Greeks, even those bringing gifts"

It often surprises people that the story of the Trojan Horse is NOT in the Iliad. It gets a very brief mention in the Odyssey, but the story of the Trojan Horse, as we know it, comes from Virgil's Aeneid, not from Homer at all.

01-09-2012, 06:10 AM	#39
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	BTW: Purely for information, the line about "Greeks bearing gifts" is actually from Book 2 of the Aeneid, not from the Iliad: "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" Which can be translated as: "I fear the Greeks, even those bringing gifts" It often surprises people that the story of the Trojan Horse is NOT in the Iliad. It gets a very brief mention in the Odyssey, but the story of the Trojan Horse, as we know it, comes from Virgil's Aeneid, not from Homer at all.