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Olive branch of the world

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Phraseologism: The olive branch of the world.

Meaning: A symbol of peace.

Origin: From ancient mythology. In antiquity, the olive branch symbolized peace, tranquility, peace. Therefore, it was this branch that was a constant attribute of the goddess of the world - Eirene (Greek) or Pake (Rom.). Later, this symbolism was partly inherited by the Bible. In the Old Testament, which tells about the Flood, it is told how Noah (see Noah's Ark) learned about the end of the Flood. First, while in the ark, he released a raven, which flew away and returned empty-handed. The later released dove returned empty-handed, for the water still covered the whole earth. And only seven days later, when Noah released the dove for the second time, she returned, holding an olive (oil-bearing) branch. So Noi learned that the water subsided and the tops of the trees appeared, and the olive branch itself became a symbol of calming the elements and God's forgiveness of people and, accordingly, the onset of a peaceful, calm life. Thanks to the popularity of the Bible, this image - a dove with an olive branch in its beak - has firmly entered European culture, but is already used outside of a religious context as a generally recognized symbol of peace.

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City and world.

Meaning:

It is used in cases when they want to emphasize the declarative nature of some statement or ironically mark some broadcast statement.

Origin:

The expression is a translation of the Latin "Urbi et orbi". The comparison of the city, i.e. Rome, and the world goes back to the writers of antiquity. Ovid (43 BC-17 AD) in his Fasti (2, 684) wrote that "other peoples have a country with certain borders, only the Romans have the same concepts of the city and the world." Cicero (106-43 BC) in the 1st speech against Catalina spoke of people thinking "not only about the death of the city, but also about the death of the world." The doctrine of the world significance of Rome was also assimilated by Catholic Rome. Ceremony for the election of a new pope at the end of the XNUMXth and beginning of the XNUMXth century. ordered that, after being elected in a conclave, one of the cardinals dressed the chosen one with a mantle, saying the following phrase: "I dress you with Roman papal dignity, so that you stand before the city and the world" (Buchmann, Gefliigelte Worte).

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