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Remember the Aeneid? Why international theory should beware Greek gifts*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2010
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- Symposium on A Cultural Theory of International Relations: Guest Editor: David A. Welch
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The phrase Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes appears in Virgil’s Aeneid (II, 49). Its proper meaning is ‘I fear the Danaans (Greeks) even if they bring gifts’. Its more usual English translation, of course, is ‘beware of Greeks bearing Gifts’.
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