In Act I, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cassius begins his campaign against Caesar, pointing to his power and the attitude of others around him, saying "this man is now become a god." For instance, Caesar is handed a crown, but refuses it three times. He tells the crowd that they can cut his throat if he displeases them, but they all refused to harm him. Then, in lines 145-147 to emphasize the idea that Ceasar thinks of himself as a god, Cassius compares him to Appollo, whose gigantic statue, Colossus, was set at the entrance to the harbo of Rhodes in 280 B.C.:
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves. 1.2.145-147)
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