The Ides of March this year came– and today is gone. Doom averted yet again, you might say. But then, one of my “oldest” friends did turn the big 4-0 yesterday, so perhaps I best think again?
Julius Caesar was told to “Beware the Ides of March” before being stabbed to death in 44 B.C.
“The Ides of March are come.”
“Ay, Caesar, but not gone.”
This ominous historical date has acquired a superstitious aura, akin to Friday the 13th.
The Ides of March marks the day of Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 B.C., while coming to be known as a day to “beware.”
On the other hand, this line sums it up well: “But bad things happen every day– we just notice them more on days of heightened superstition.” (Judkis, WP Style Blog) In this case, fear not!
Ryan R. Sanderson 