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Damocles
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one of the courtiers of the elder Dionysius of Syracuse. When he spoke in extravagant terms of the happiness of his sovereign, Dionysius is said to have invited him to a sumptuous banquet, at which he found himself seated under a naked sword suspended by a single hair (Cicero, Tusc. v. 21; Horace, Odes, iii. 1, 17; Persius iii. 40).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Damocles'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/damocles.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Damocles'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/damocles.html. 1910.
