biography
pronunciation:
[damokleez]
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| male
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| lived:
| (4th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Legendary courtier of the elder Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse (405–367 BC). He extolled the happiness of royalty, but the tyrant showed him the precarious nature of fortune in a singular manner. While seated at a richly-spread table, Damocles looked up to see a keen-edged sword suspended over his head by a single horse-hair. |
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