Life of Caesar, 1.66.2

Plutarch  translated by Bernadotte Perrin

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2Indeed, it is also said that Cassius, turning his eyes toward the statue of Pompey before the attack began, invoked it silently, although he was much addicted to the doctrines of Epicurus;[109] but the crisis, as it would seem, when the dreadful attempt was now close at hand, replaced his former cool calculations with divinely inspired emotion.

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Notes

  • [109] These discouraged belief in superhuman powers.