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Greeks bearing gifts may refer to:

  • The prophecy of Laocoön, priest of Troy, who in Virgil's Aeneid, tells his countrymen to "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts"
  • The mythological Trojan Horse which Laocoön foresees
  • "looking a Trojan horse in the mouth", the 1982 scene in the British sitcom Yes, Minister
  • "Greeks Bearing Gifts", a 1991 episode of Inspector Morse
  • "Greeks Bearing Gifts" (Torchwood), a 2006 episode of the science-fiction television programme Torchwood
  • Greeks Bearing Gifts, a 2018 novel by Philip Kerr

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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

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Horse used by the Greeks during the Trojan War. The literal meaning of the phrase is "I fear the Danaans [Greeks], even those bearing gifts" or "even when...

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Greeks bearing gifts

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in the British sitcom Yes, Minister "Greeks Bearing Gifts", a 1991 episode of Inspector Morse "Greeks Bearing Gifts" (Torchwood), a 2006 episode of the...

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Toby Whithouse

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for the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood, with his episode – "Greeks Bearing Gifts" – transmitted on 26 November 2006. At the invitation of showrunner...

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Jonny Lee Miller

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Episode: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" Inspector Morse Student Episode: "Greeks Bearing Gifts" Minder Auctioneer's assistant Episode: "Three Cons Make a Mountain"...

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Shaheen Jafargholi

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Grandpa in My Pocket. He has also acted in the Torchwood episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts" playing Danny – the child of a crazed gun-wielding father and took...

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List of proverbial phrases

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and remove all doubt[a] Better wear out than rust out[b] Beware of Greeks bearing gifts (Trojan War, Virgil in the Aeneid) Big fish eat little fish[a] Birds...

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Whistleblowing

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the impression the institution was acting honorably. In Step 3 (“Greeks bearing gifts”), the institution further nudges the whistleblower into trusting...

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Trojan War in literature and the arts

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BBC Radio 4 in 1981. The Xena: Warrior Princess episode "Beware of Greeks bearing Gifts" (aired 15 January 1996) involves Xena and Gabrielle arriving at...

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Toshiko Sato

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technology expert of the Torchwood Institute's Cardiff branch. In "Greeks Bearing Gifts", Toshiko enters into a sexual relationship with a woman named Mary...

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Sincerity

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": 12–13  Another explanation is that this etymology "is derived from a Greeks-bearing-gifts story of deceit and betrayal. For the feat of victory, the Romans...

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Lynette Mitchell

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at the University of Durham in 1994 and published her thesis as Greeks Bearing Gifts: the public use of private relationships 435-323 BC (Cambridge University...

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La Grande Bouffe

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rejects with the phrase "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" ("Beware of Greeks bearing gifts"), quoting Virgil. Once alone, the four begin their binge. In one...

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Philip Kerr

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ISBN 978-1-78429-648-3, set in 1939, with framing scenes in 1956 Greeks Bearing Gifts. London: Quercus, 2018. ISBN 978-1-78429-652-0, set in 1957 Metropolis...

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List of Torchwood episodes

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Goddard Chris Chibnall 19 November 2006 (2006-11-19) 1.6 1.22 7 7 "Greeks Bearing Gifts" Colin Teague Toby Whithouse 26 November 2006 (2006-11-26) 1.7 1...

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List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens

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19th-century prostitute named Mary was encountered in the episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts" (2006). She was a member of a race which communicated exclusively...

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Eileen Way

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The Waiting Game Inspector Morse Mrs. Papas Season 5, episode 4: "Greeks Bearing Gifts" Birds of a Feather Irene Season 3, episode 10: "Cuckoo" 1992 Mistress...

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Jan Harvey

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#1.2" 1991 Inspector Morse Friday Rees (TV Series), 1 episode: "Greeks Bearing Gifts" 1992 Casualty Claire (TV Series), 1 episode: "Body Politic" Lovejoy...

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Trojan Horse

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Danaos et dona ferentes ("I fear Greeks, even those bearing gifts"), Danai (acc Danaos) or Danaans (Homer's name for the Greeks) being the ones who had built...

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