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Dead shame does not belong

Kievan Rus

Phraseologism: Dead shame no shame.

Meaning: Even in the event of a lost battle, the descendants have nothing to reproach the dead, for they did everything they could - they fought with dignity and died with weapons in their hands.

Origin: As follows from the chronicle ("Reverend Nestor the Russian Chronicler", St. Petersburg 1863), with these words the outstanding ancient Russian commander, Prince of Kyiv (from 955 to 972) Svyatoslav I Igorevich addressed his soldiers before the battle with the Byzantines (970) near the city of Dorostol ( now the Bulgarian city of Silistra): "Let us not disgrace the Russian land, but lay down the bones of that: the dead have no shame." And Svyatoslav won the victory, although the army of Byzantium under the command of Emperor Tzimiskes outnumbered the army of Svyatoslav by two and a half times. The Byzantine historian Leo Deacon, calling the Russians "Scythians", and the Byzantines, according to tradition, "Romans", wrote about this battle: "So, on the sixth day of the week, July 22, at sunset, the Scythians left the city, lined up in a solid phalanx and, stretching out their spears, they decided to go on a feat ... The Scythians strongly attacked the Romans, stabbed them with spears, hit the horses with arrows and knocked the horsemen to the ground ... earth, then, surrounded by a phalanx of the Scythians, this man fell, surpassing all his peers in military exploits. And so the Scythians, encouraged by his fall, rushed at the Romans with a loud and wild cry. Frightened by their extraordinary onslaught, the Romans began to retreat. "

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Herod.

Meaning:

Torturer, monster, tyrant.

Origin:

From the Bible. The name of King Herod of Judea has become a household name because the authors of the Gospels attribute to him "the massacre of babies", which, however, does not correspond to the real chronology, since King Herod I of Judea (73-4 BC) died four years before the generally accepted date birth of Jesus Christ. The gospel legend (Gospel of Luke, 23:11) ascribes the execution of John the Baptist and the mockery of Jesus to the son of Herod I - Herod Antipas, who ruled Galilee.

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