When Diodotus, Metellus's teacher of oratory died, Metellus had a marble raven placed over his grave. ‘A very just tribute,’ said Cicero, ‘for he taught Metellus to be high-flown, but not to be a speaker.’ 1
1 Ibid.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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