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Damocles
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Dam·o·cles  (dm-klz) fl. fourth century b.c.
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.
Damocles [ˈdæməˌkliːz]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical legend a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was See also Sword of Damocles
Damoclean  adj
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Noun1.Damocles - the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)
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Damocles [ˈdæməkliːz] N → Damocles
Damocles [ˈdæməkliːz] n → Damoclès m Sword of Damocles
Damocles
n sword of Damocles → Damoklesschwert nt


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