Et in Arcadia ego
Appearance
Et in Arcadia ego, Latin for "Even in Arcadia, there am I", may refer to:
- Et in Arcadia ego (Poussin), also called The Arcadian Shepherds, a 1637–38 painting by French Baroque artist Nicolas Poussin
- Et in Arcadia ego (Guercino), a c. 1618–1622 painting by the Italian Baroque artist il Guercino
- "Et in Arcadia Ego" (Brideshead Revisited), the first episode of the 1981 British television serial
- "Et in Arcadia Ego" (Star Trek: Picard), the final episode of the first season of the 2020 American science fiction television series
- A phrase often used in memento mori, an artistic and literary trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death
See also
[edit]- Arcadia (utopia), a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature derived from the Greek region of the same name
- Eclogue 5, a pastoral poem by the Latin poet Virgil often considered the inspiration for the phrase