Greeks bearing gifts

Greeks bearing gifts

Greeks bearing gifts may refer to:

*the myth of Laocoön, priest of Troy, who, in Virgil's "Aeneid," tells his countrymen to "Beware Greeks bearing gifts"
*"Greeks Bearing Gifts" (Torchwood), an episode of the science-fiction television programme "Torchwood"
*A of Inspector Morse


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