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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Fatal Gifts

Collar of Arsinoe, collar and veil of Eriphyle, gold of the Nibelungen, gold of Tolosa, necklace of Cadmos, Harmonia's necklace and robe, opal of Alphonso XII., the Trojan horse, the shirt of Nessus, etc. (See these subjects.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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