2007-03-06 06:13:42 · 9 answers · asked by doody goal 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The "Ides of March" is the 15th of March.
In the play "Julius Ceasar" by my man Bill Shakespeare, Ceasar is told "Beware the Ides of March"
That day he is stabbed..multiple times... to death.
According to this website http://www.infoplease.com/spot/ides1.html
before the play saying the "Ides of ...(March, April ) was no big deal ...it was a easy way of saying March 15. Now saying "The Ides" has a scary tone... (Is it a coinicendence that Tax day is on the "Ides" of April???)
2007-03-06 06:16:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is the Romans' name for the 15th of March.
The "Ides" were one of the particular days in each month from which the Romans counted other days. The others they used were the "Kalends" on the 1st (hence our word calendar), and the "Nones" on the 9th.
The Ides were on the 13th of most months, but on the 15th of a few. When I was learning Latin at school, we had to remember which ones, by chanting the rhyme "In March, July, October, May, the Ides are on the 15th day".
2007-03-06 16:11:18 · answer #2 · answered by bh8153 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ides of March is the 15th of March. Julius Ceasar was warned, "Beware, the ides of March" which meant he should be careful on that day, and he was assasinated on March 15th.
2007-03-06 14:18:28 · answer #3 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ides" is the name for the 15th of the month. The Ides of March means March 15th. Julius Ceasar was killed on March 15th. Shakespeare wrote the famous warning "Beware the ides of March" in his play because it sounds more poetic.
2007-03-06 14:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ides refers to halfway through a period of time.
Therefore, the ides of march is halfway through march.
Ides of March = march 15th
2007-03-06 18:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by Nathlac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Ides of... was an old time way of saying the middle of.
a teacher once explained it that in the age of Caeser they had a specific term for each quarter-break/week of the month. and because Caeser was assassinanted on the Ides of March after being warned, and the Line was used in the play, it is the one term that has survived to the present.
2007-03-06 15:48:52 · answer #6 · answered by janssen411 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
15th march
2007-03-10 11:51:09 · answer #7 · answered by johny3six 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-06 14:26:10 · answer #8 · answered by RHJr. 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ITS EVERY MARCH 15TH!!!!!! its more simple to explain hahahaha
2007-03-06 19:09:36 · answer #9 · answered by bReN bReN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋