• Courtier who was given an object lesson by Dionysius
• Flattering courtier who changed places with the tyrant Dionysius, in Greek legend
• Greek courtier of legend
• Sword of ___
• 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 B
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sword of Damocles, Damocles' sword - дамоклов мечДамокл
♢ sword of ~, ~' sword - дамоклов меч
sword of Damocles дамо́клов меч