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Damocles (dăm`əklēz), in classical mythology, courtier at the court of Dionysius I. He so persistently praised the power and happiness of Dionysius that the tyrant, in order to show the precariousness of rank and power, gave a banquet and had a sword suspended above the head of Damocles by a single hair. Hence the expression "the sword of Damocles" to mean an ever-present peril.

Damocles

(flourished 4th century BC) Member of the court of Dionysius I the Elder at Syracuse in Sicily. Legend holds that when Damocles spoke in extravagant terms of Dionysius's happiness, the sovereign responded by inviting Damocles to a banquet and seating him beneath a sword suspended by a thread, thereby demonstrating the precarious fortunes of people who hold power.

Damocles

for his sycophancy to Dionysus, seated under sword at banquet. [Gk. Myth.: LLEI, I: 278]

See : Flattery

Damocles,

sword of sword hung by a single hair over his head. [Rom. Lit.: Brewer Handbook, 257]

See : Sword

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No references found	In less than two weeks, state lawmakers plan to present a budget to The Man Formerly Known as Governor, who is holding his veto pen like a Damoclean sword. Jon Ralston has likely answers to questions remaining as clock runs ... by Staff / Las Vegas Sun 155) Despite Professor Strandburg's fear that cumulative innovation suffers the Damoclean threat of patentees' "stranglehold" over follow-on innovation, there seems little need for such congressional action in the realm of experimental use. Restricting experimental use by Devlin, Alan / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Detainees would have to undergo military trials or suffer under a Damoclean threat of military trials, with only a vague chance of eventual judicial relief; administration officials would have to formulate an overall response to the threat of terrorism under long-term ignorance about whether military commissions are valid; legislators and citizens would face a shifting target for democratic debate. Holmes on emergencies by Vermeule, Adrian / Stanford Law Review	Dambul Damdinsuren, Tsendein Damdiny Sukhe-Bator dame Dameron, Tadd Damia Damiani, Pietro Damianov, Georgi Purvanov Damião, Frei Damien Damien, Father Damietta Damjanich, Janos Damjanich, János damkjernite Damköhler number I Damköhler number II Damköhler number III Damköhler number IV Damköhler number V Damköhler's ratio Dammam dammar dammar varnish dammer Damoclean Damocles Damodar Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi Damodar River Damoh Damon and Pythias Damon Point State Park Damophon damp damp air damp check damp course damp down damp haze damp sheet damp-proof membrane damped harmonic motion damped oscillation damped regression analysis damped vibration damped wave dampener Damper damper loss damper pedal	Damnit Damnnation Damnnation Damnosa haereditas damnosus damns damns damns damns with faint praise damns with faint praise damnum damnum Damnum absque injuria Damnum fatale damnum restituere damnum sarcire Damnyankee Damnyankee DamnYouAll.net Damo Damo Damo DAMO-FD DAMO-FDR DAMO-FDV DAMO-RQ DAMO-RQ/TR DAMO-SS DAMO-TRO DAMO-TRS Damoclean Damoclean Sword Damoclean Sword Damocles Damocles Damocles Damocles Damocles Sword Damocles Sword Damocles' sword Damocles' sword Damocles' syndrome Damocles’ Syndrome Damocletian Damocletian Damodar Damodar Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi Damodar River Damodar Valley Corporation Damodara Damodara Damoh damoiselle Damokles Damokles Damon Damon (Greek mythology) Damon (Greek mythology) Damon (mythology) Damon (mythology)

In less than two weeks, state lawmakers plan to present a budget to The Man Formerly Known as Governor, who is holding his veto pen like a Damoclean sword.

Jon Ralston has likely answers to questions remaining as clock runs ... by Staff / Las Vegas Sun

155) Despite Professor Strandburg's fear that cumulative innovation suffers the Damoclean threat of patentees' "stranglehold" over follow-on innovation, there seems little need for such congressional action in the realm of experimental use.

Restricting experimental use by Devlin, Alan / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy

Detainees would have to undergo military trials or suffer under a Damoclean threat of military trials, with only a vague chance of eventual judicial relief; administration officials would have to formulate an overall response to the threat of terrorism under long-term ignorance about whether military commissions are valid; legislators and citizens would face a shifting target for democratic debate.

Holmes on emergencies by Vermeule, Adrian / Stanford Law Review

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