A propos of nothing in particular...
Jul. 13th, 2011 07:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amediakai su, teknon is NOT Greek for et tu, Brute!
The first two words are the same, but teknon means "child." (IIRC, this variant account of Caesar's dying words raised an interesting question as to whether Caesar, if he did utter those words, was addressing Brutus in a way similar to how, nowadays, an older man will sometimes call a younger one, "son," or whether it was meant literally and Caesar was actually Brutus's father.)
The first two words are the same, but teknon means "child." (IIRC, this variant account of Caesar's dying words raised an interesting question as to whether Caesar, if he did utter those words, was addressing Brutus in a way similar to how, nowadays, an older man will sometimes call a younger one, "son," or whether it was meant literally and Caesar was actually Brutus's father.)
