An ancient race made into homage. Small guardian of home. A symbol of wealth ere today - now humbled and derided. Yet we many still stand so that you may flourish.

I have many eyes but cannot see, I grow in the dark, or I turn green When I fell ill, a nation faced woe, What am I

People often misname me due to a movie, but his name is another form from another time. I'm known for my labors and what I've done to repent for my deeds. Named for my father's wife to placate her wrath, I live after meeting death.

In the hunt for knowledge I am your query. Of all of the things to fear I am legendary. There will never be a point in which Im fully understood, I am the foundation on which all curiosity has stood.

I was the subject of a great reward eventually given by a sarcastic computer program and apart of a famous phrase from an aristocrat. What am I?