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Et Tu Brute

"Et tu Brute," "You, too, Brutus," or "And also you, Brutus," is the famous line in Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar."

When Brutus is stabbed to death in a political mishap by Brutus, his protege, Shakespeare has him say, "Et tu Brute?" We use this phrase when we're talking of the ultimate betrayal. "After all I did for you you turned against me? You of all people?"

Now I chose one word to describe Brutus' relationship to Caesar. I said he was his "protege," and this is a French word coming from the word "protected." It has all sorts of connotations, is as close as I can come, and, if you've nurtured and mentored a younger colleague with all your heart (or raised a child), only to have them jump ship, or sabotage you, you know how Caesar felt.

In fact the last level of Dante's hell was reserved for those who betrayed those with whom they had a love relationship. Brutus? Yes, Brutus was there. Dante had a statement to make; the same one Shakespeare did. From whence cometh our phrases such as, "Why don't you just stab me with a knife?" or "He stuck it in and then turned it."

Now according to scholars, Dante was using Plutarch's translation of the story, which had that Latin phrase, while Caesar's last words were actually in Greek -- "kai su teknon." This means, "And also you, child."

Why did Shakespeare change it? That's the EQ question. Maybe it wasn't "manly" enough. Maybe because "Et tu Brute" has a better ring to it (Shakespeare was a poet!). It just sounded better to Shakespeare! (It's not what we say, it's how we say it, and that's why we love Shakespeare so. He paid attention to all aspects of communication.)

Even more pragmatically, the play is written. If Shakespeare hadn't put in there "Brute," would we know for sure to whom Caesar was speaking?

Perhaps Shakespeare was thinking -- my readers will wonder why a Roman used Greek for his dying words. One reason the Roman Empire prevailed as long as it did, is because it incorporated other civilizations without cramming Romanism down their throats.

The Romans were superlative at establishing order and running countries. They left the "conquered" to enjoy their own religions, languages and cultures. It was the taxes they were after -- "Render unto Caesar--" Just as importantly, they subsumed anything they found attractive or helpful in a conquered country, and the Greek civilization had much to offer at the time.

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