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Fear created the gods

Publius Papinius Statius

Phraseologism: Fear created the gods.

Meaning: Religion was created by man's fear of nature, the ability to solve difficult everyday situations, the achievement of psychological compensation, etc.

Origin: From Latin: Primus in orbe deos fecit timor. Translation: The gods were created for the first time in the world by fear. From the poem "Thebaids" by the Roman poet Publius Papilius Statius (1674st century AD). The expression became popular after the French playwright Prosper Joliot Crebillon (1762-1714) used it in his tragedy Xerxes (XNUMX), writing: "Fear made gods, daring made kings."

Random phraseology:

First counter.

Meaning:

Random person.

Origin:

The expression is an inaccurate tracing-paper from the French "le premier venu". In Russian - from the XNUMXth or XNUMXth century. The secondary common and rhyming variant counter and transverse is actually Russian.

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