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Posted by NFiH on 2014-September-15 12:13:59 EDT, Monday
In reply to Latin, not French posted by Baldust on 2014-September-14 13:11:02 EDT, Sunday

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Suetonius, the only witness for this anecdote, puts a Greek quote into Caesar's mouth:
ita tribus et uiginti plagis confossus est uno modo ad primum ictum gemitu sine uoce edito, etsi tradiderunt quidam Marco Bruto irruenti dixisse: καὶ σὺ τέκνον;

(Div. Iul., 82)


So according to Suetonius, the usual version of Caesar's death was that he died without uttering a single word, and only some claimed that he adressed Brutus with a Greek phrase. Even Suetonius recognizes that there is probably no truth to this version.



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