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Remember the Aeneid? Why international theory should beware Greek gifts*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2010

Nicholas Rengger
Nicholas Rengger*
Affiliation:
School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, UK
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E-mail: njr3@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Symposium on A Cultural Theory of International Relations: Guest Editor: David A. Welch
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International Theory , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , November 2010 , pp. 454 - 460
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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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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