英语词汇father of his country的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Father of His Country. Every schoolchild knows that George Washington is called the Father of His Country. The ti- tle was first bestowed upon Washington in 1779 by Francis Baily, an American soldier of German descent from Pennsyl- vania. Baily printed a calendar in that year with a picture on the cover of the general above the German words Des Landes Vater (Father of His Country). Baily apparently knew that the epithet dated back to about 68 b.c., when Quintus Catullus, in a speech before the Roman senate, called his friend Marcus Tullius Cicero “the father of his country.” Cicero, a Roman consul, was regarded as a great patriot for putting down the Cataline conspiracy.

词汇	father of his country
词源	Father of His Country. Every schoolchild knows that George Washington is called the Father of His Country. The ti- tle was first bestowed upon Washington in 1779 by Francis Baily, an American soldier of German descent from Pennsyl- vania. Baily printed a calendar in that year with a picture on the cover of the general above the German words Des Landes Vater (Father of His Country). Baily apparently knew that the epithet dated back to about 68 b.c., when Quintus Catullus, in a speech before the Roman senate, called his friend Marcus Tullius Cicero “the father of his country.” Cicero, a Roman consul, was regarded as a great patriot for putting down the Cataline conspiracy.
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