O Zeus, do not forget who is the cause of these evils.
ὦ Ζεῦ, μὴ λάθοι σε τῶνδʼ ὃς αἴτιος κακῶν.

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Marcus Junius Brutus
Roman senator and Stoic (85-42 BC). Led the liberatores who stabbed Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BC; defeated at Philippi, he fell on his sword. Read as either republican martyr or archetypal traitor.
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