Beware the
Ides of
March. Almost everyone knows that the phrase comes from the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar, most familiarly in the
Shakespeare version, although
"The Life of Augustus," written by Nicolauas of Damascus, contains what is thought to be the earliest narrative of the plot to murder Julius Caesar, based in part on eyewitness accounts. But, not everyone knows that The Ides Of March is also a
band [flash intro] (best known for the song
"Vehicle")
[YouTube], an epistolatory
novel by Thornton Wilder (with forward by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.), an
instrumental song by Iron Maiden [YouTube], and two paintings, one by
Edward Poynter and one by
Andrew Wyeth.
posted by amyms
on Mar 15, 2007 -
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