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Crown of thorns (wreath)

Bible
Bible

Phraseologism: Crown of thorns (wreath).

Meaning: Martyrdom, suffering (outdated book).

Origin: From the Bible. The Gospels of the New Testament speak of a prickly veype of thorns, which Roman soldiers put on Jesus' head before his execution on the cross (from Matthew, 27:29, from Mark, 15:17, from John, 19:2): "And the soldiers, Weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on His head." The crown (wreath) is woven from thorns - a plant whose branches are covered with sharp thorns, thorns. In ancient times, such wreaths were placed as a sign of shame and ridicule on the heads of criminals condemned to death, while the winners were crowned with laurel wreaths.

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The darker the night, the brighter the stars.

Meaning:

In difficult times, talented people are most valuable.

Origin:

From the poem "Don't Say..." (1882) by Apollon Nikolaevich Maikov (1821-1897): "Don't say that there is no salvation // That you are exhausted in sorrow: // The darker the night, the brighter the stars..." A. N. Maykov's poem "Don't Say..." is included in the cycle of his poems of the 80s, known as "From Apollodorus the Gnostic". As for this Apollodorus the Gnostic, the translations of which were allegedly made by A.N. Maikov, here is what the poet himself wrote about this character in the collection "Russian Antiquity" (1899): "Apollodorus the Gnostic is my invention ... I leave many in error (even philologists) that there is such a poet of the second century. Similar images, which are based on biblical lines, are also found in other Russian poets. For example, the poet of Pushkin's time, Pavel Katenin (Sonnet, 1835): "The thicker the darkness around, the brighter the shine of the star."

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