Damocles

名词 damocles:

1. 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)

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Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who according to legend was forced to sit at a banquet table under a sword suspended by a single hair to demonstrate the precariousness of a king`s fortunes.
达摩克利斯：希腊传说中的叙拉古国王狄奥尼西奥斯的朝臣，据传说其被迫坐在上悬宝剑的餐桌旁，宝剑由一根头发系住,以此来暗示君王命运的多危