With Greece approaching Grexit, the phrase "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" came to mind unbidden. This is the Trojan priest Laocoon's advice in the Aeneid: "I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts."
More fully Laocoon actually says: "Equō nē crēdite, Teucrī! Quidquid id est, timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentīs", which translates as: "Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts."
Note that in the phrase "equo ne credite", equo is in the dative.
Wikipedia has a short article which gives more information about the quotation timeo Danaos.
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