Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.

Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.

Virgil

Aeneid

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Topic

Trojan horse

Author

Virgil

Source

Aeneid

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Latin

Time

19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 2.

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Current Citation

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Meditations on First Philosophy

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René Descartes
Source
Meditations on First Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1641 1640s 17th century
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Original Citation

Descartes, René. Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur [Meditations on First Philosophy, in which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated]. Paris, 1641, first meditation.

Current Citation

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