He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.

Within chordopoxviruses the gene order in the central genome region is fairly well conserved, with two exceptions.

Throughout the excavations a large number of fragments of cantharuses and skyphoses (two-handled cup-shaped vessels for drinking wine or beer) were discovered.[…]Especially attractive elements include the composite “Theodosian” capitals, the white marble figured capitals which were decorated with numerous peacocks, heads of bulls, sheep and birds in flight, and pines, cantharuses and leaves and tendrils of evergreen ivy combined with acanthus leaves.

Excitement-induced narcolepsy caused him to sleep through the most important events of his life.