The Banquet of Damocles, 1890. Creator: Unknown

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The Banquet of Damocles, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Banquet of Damocles, 1890. Damocles, 4th century BC courtier, swapped places for a day with King Dionysius II who arranged for a sword held by a single hair of a horses tail to hang above his chair, to better understand great fortune and power bring fear, anxiety and great danger. A moral known as the Sword of Damocles. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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