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Also, Damocles' sword. Impending disaster, as in The likelihood of lay-offs has been a sword of Damocles over the department for months. This expression alludes to the legend of Damocles, a servile courtier to King Dionysius I of Syracuse. ... Mythology Dictionary: sword of Damocles...
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Damocles (dăm'əklēz), in classical mythology, courtier at the court of Dionysius I. He so persistently praised the power and happiness of Dionysius that the tyrant, in order to show the precariousness of rank and power, gave a banquet and had a sword suspended above the head of Damocles by a single hair.
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Sword of Damocles; wolf at the door, ... In Greek mythology, Damocles was a courtier in the court of Dionysius the Elder. He mentioned that, as a person of power and authority, Dionysius must be very content and happy. Dionysius invited Damocles to a banquet, which he enjoyed very much sitting at Dionysius' throne.
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The Sword of Damocles is a legend about a a man who tries on the life of a king only to find it is more dangerous than he realized. ... Definition: Cicero tells the story of the Sword of Damocles in his Tusculan Disputations. The story is based on a legend about the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius II and the fawning Damocles,
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The Sword of Damocles was described by Cicero in his Tusculan Disputations. ... Some of you have asked "What is the Sword of Damocles?" Here is an explanation of the story of the sword and the relevant passage from Cicero, in Latin.
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Damocles was one of these. ... For directly above his head hung a sword, held to the ceiling by only a single horsehair. Its sharp blade glittered as it pointed right between his eyes. He started to jump up and run, but stopped himself, frightened that any sudden move might snap the thin thread and bring the sword down.
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By this device Dionysius made Damocles realize that insecurity might threaten those who appeared to be the most fortunate. (Sword of Damocles: symbolic potential disaster.) ... » Greek mythology...
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