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The gods go

Dushenko K.V.

Abstract

The article traces the origin of the expression «Les dieux s’en vont» (“The Gods go”) and its existence in culture from the 1st to 20th centuries.

Keywords

origin of familiar phrases; Josephus Flavius; Tacitus; Chateaubriand; D’Annunzio.

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