Damocles Definition & Meaning
damocles
- noun
- 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)
"Damocles" in song lyrics
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"sword of damocles"
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Words that rhyme with damocles
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