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Interview #292: Robert Jordan’s Blog: A Small Addition, Entry #10

Robert Jordan

Oh, just to side-step for a minute, “Let slip the dogs of war” is not Roman, though Shakespeare put it first in the mouth of Antony in Julius Caesar. Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war. The first part, Cry Havoc, was a recognized standard command among English Medieval soldiers. As much so as “attention” or “about face” would be today. It meant to turn the soldiers loose to loot and cause chaos. Dogs of war, of course, would have been recognizable to Shakespeare’s audience as a term for soldiers. Sorry about that, but I thought I’d get it in.

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