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Damoclès est une figure présentée dans une allégorie morale dite de « l'épée de Damoclès ». Cette expression est utilisée pour signifier qu'un danger constant peut nous frapper. Damoclès, un orfèvre, est le personnage-clé d'un épisode de la mythologie grecque.
Apr 19, 2024 · Damocles, a courtier of Dionysius I of Syracuse, in Sicily, tyrant from 405 to 367 BCE. The courtier is known to history through the legend of the ‘Sword of Damocles,’ which was related in Cicero’s Tusculanae disputationes (‘Conversations at Tusculum’), Book V.
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May 9, 2018 · The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. Damocles, Sword of Damocles was a member of the court of Dionysius, ruler of the Sicilian city of Syracuse during the 300s b.c. According to a legend passed on by the Roman writer Cicero, Damocles told Dionysius how much he envied his kingly wealth, power, and happiness.
May 29, 2018 · Damocles. Damocles a legendary courtier who extravagantly praised the happiness of Dionysius I, ruler of Syracuse. To show him how precarious this happiness was, Dionysius seated him at a banquet with a sword hung by a single hair over his head. The sword of Damocles is now used to refer to a precarious situation.
Damocles. In Greek mythology, Damocles ( da-mo-KLEES) was a friend of Dionysus ( die-oh-NIS-ee-us ), the king of Syracuse from 405 to 367 BC . According to legend, when he spoke of the good life of King Dionysus, the king invited him to a banquet (large public meal). A sword was placed above Damocles, held up by a single thread. Damocles was ...
May 21, 2024 · sword of Damocles (plural swords of Damocles) A thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune.
Jul 20, 1999 · Damocles. The sycophant of Dionysius the Elder, the tyrant of Syracuse. When he expressed his envy of his master's felicity, Dionysius invited him to try it for himself. He was set down at a sumptuous banquet, but overhead was a sword suspended by a single horse-hair. Damocles was afraid to stir and the envied banquet proved to be tantalizing ...
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