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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Guest

The Ungrateful Guest was the brand fixed by Philip of Macedon on a Macedonian soldier who had been kindly entertained by a villager, and, being asked by the king what he could give him, requested the farm and cottage of his entertainer.

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