Julius Caesar 1.1 Word Nerd: Pitch

Flavius likens Caesar to a bird of prey, such as a hawk or falcon, which ascends steeply before diving to catch its target. He suggests that just as plucking a hawk's feathers would prevent it from soaring, removing decorations from Caesar's statues might stop Caesar from rising too high above the common Roman people.

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