Associations to the word «Damocles»
Noun
Adverb
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Dictionary definition
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).
Wise words
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it
is unspoken you reign over it.