"Danaergeschenk" as "Greek gift" or "Trojan horse"?

[Laurence Horn]

>I meant to add that someone else suggested "'monkey's paw,' after a
>story by W. W. Jacobs (1906). (In the story, a monkey's paw brings
>its possessor three wishes, but with unintended consequences.)"

The scariest summer camp story-'round-the-campfire I can (shudder)
remember, or try to forget.  I'll stick with remembering those Greeks
and their horse.

LH

>But this seems to me to have different connotations than the Iliad's
>Trojan horse--something brought upon oneself, not a treacherous gift
>bestowed by another.  (And "monkey's paw" has not made it into the OED.)
>
>Joel
>
>At 9/25/2006 11:25 AM, you wrote:
>>Someone on another list asks:  Today, if one wants a colloquial,
>>easily-recognized translation of "Danaergeschenk", would one use
>>"Greek gift" or "Trojan horse"?
>>
>>Is "Greek gift" no longer sufficiently commonly-recognized in
>>English?  Or does "Trojan horse" now have too much of an association
>>with computers?  (The context for the German is not
>>computers.)  Google counting, obviously, is useless.
>>
>>Joel
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