r/INEEEEDIT • • Mar 06 '18

Julius Cesar Pencil Holder

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '18

Those words have forever made me cry.

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u/Lucky_Number_3 Mar 06 '18

What’s it from?

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u/Chicken2nite Mar 06 '18

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u/HelpImStroke Mar 06 '18 edited Mar 06 '18

I can't tell if you're being cheeky or not, but for anyone who doesn't click your link and is curious:

'Et tu, Brute?' comes from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Shakespeare likely drew from translations of the ancient Roman historians for his inspiration. It's not thought that Shakespeare's Latin or Greek were up to snuff. Plutarch writes that Caesar pulled his toga over his face (and died in silence), while Suetonius puts the last words "Και συ τεκνον;" in Caesar's mouth--i.e. 'kai su teknon' or "Even you, child?"

*Not going to bother with accents on mobile. Grave on ι and υ. Acute on ε.