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Damocles (pronounced ['dæməkli:z]) is a figure featured in a single moral anecdote concerning the Sword of Damocles ,
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Damocles (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Damocles was a legendary Greek figure. Damocles or the Sword of Damocles can also refer to: • 5335 Damocles, an asteroid • Damocles , a 1990 science fiction videogame • The Sword of Damocles (virtu...
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The Sword of Damocles is widely considered to be the first virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display (HMD) system. It was created in 1968 by hall of fame computer scientist...
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"Judge no one happy until his life is over" is a familiar theme in Greek and Roman philosophical writing. [See .] One variant of this is , which is used to describe a sense of foreboding and might translate into English idiom as "...
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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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When Damocles said that he desired this, ... In the middle of this luxury Dionysius ordered that a shining sword, fastened from the ceiling by a horse-hair, be let down so that it hung over the neck of that fortunate man. And so he looked neither at those handsome waiters nor the wonderful silver work, nor did he stretch...
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; Richard Westall; British, 1765 - 1836; The Sword of Damocles ... If you are familiar with allusions to the "sword of Damocles," you may know that to feel that the sword of Damocles is hanging over you is to have a sense of anxiety, of impending doom.
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is the Sword of Damocles? ... The sword terrified Damocles into fleeing the court, with no more thoughts of power in his head, and the parable about the Sword of Damocles became a symbol for the hidden dangers of power.
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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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The Motley Fool - A pending judgment overshadows the managed-care company's excellent results. ... For investors in managed health-care company Amerigroup (NYSE: AGP), it must be tough to enjoy an otherwise excellent earnings report with a sword of Damocles hanging over their head.
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