Richard Westall, The Damocles Sword, 1812, Ackland Art Museum Damocles (Greek: Δαμοκλῆς, Damoklēs), literally "The Roem of the People", was in the Greek Ancient a devotion of Dionysius the Elder, Syracuse's tyrant. He was a flatter who said to Dionysius how jealous everyone was on him.
Dionysius offered him a banquet on his day in his palace. First, Damocles thought it was a pleasure to live in that wealth until he noticed that Dionysius had a sword attached to a horsehair over his head to show the danger that permanently threatened someone who is happy or mighty. Immediately, Damocles lost the will to live in constant prosperity. Damocles lives in the language, as the phrase "Damocles' sword hangs him / her above the head", a continuous threat and acute (life) danger, in the midst of prosperity, completely uncontrollable and inevitable. This proverbial mischief is used as a sign of a pressing situation. The saying has already been used by Cicero. In modern culture
The dark room of Damokles is a novel by Willem Frederik Hermans from 1958, titled "Two drops of water filmed by Fons Rademakers in 1963".
Damokles is also a former KRO radio program in which documentaries were broadcast. grades
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