Damocles

Dam·o·cles

Class. Legend a courtier of ancient Syracuse who was given a lesson in the perils to a ruler's life when the king seated him at a feast under a sword hanging by a single hair

Origin of Damocles

Classical Latin from Classical Greek Damokl?s

Damocles Idioms

sword of Damocles

any imminent danger

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Damocles

fl. fourth century BC

Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who according to legend was forced to sit at a banquet table under a sword suspended by a single hair to demonstrate the precariousness of a king's fortunes.

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