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mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damokles" title="Damokles – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Damokles" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damokles" title="Damokles – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Damokles" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damokles" title="Damokles – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Damokles" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AE%CF%82" title="Δαμοκλής – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δαμοκλής" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damocles" title="Damocles – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Damocles" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damoklo" title="Damoklo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Damoklo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a 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Dionysius is standing next to him and gestures at the sword. Servants, courtiers, and guards surround the two men." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Damocles-WestallPC20080120-8842A.jpg/220px-Damocles-WestallPC20080120-8842A.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Damocles-WestallPC20080120-8842A.jpg/330px-Damocles-WestallPC20080120-8842A.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Damocles-WestallPC20080120-8842A.jpg/440px-Damocles-WestallPC20080120-8842A.jpg 2x" data-file-width="803" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">In <a href="/wiki/Richard_Westall" title="Richard Westall">Richard Westall</a>'s <i>Sword of Damocles</i>, 1812, the boys of <a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a>'s anecdote have been changed to maidens for a <a href="/wiki/Neoclassicism" title="Neoclassicism">neoclassical</a> patron, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hope_(1769%E2%80%931831)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Hope (1769–1831)">Thomas Hope</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Courtier</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Damocles</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a character who appears in a (likely <a href="/wiki/Apocrypha" title="Apocrypha">apocryphal</a>) <a href="/wiki/Anecdote" title="Anecdote">anecdote</a> commonly referred to as "the <b>sword of Damocles</b>",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECicero_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECicero-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWestall_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWestall-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. Damocles was a <a href="/wiki/Courtier" title="Courtier">courtier</a> in the court of <a href="/wiki/Dionysius_I_of_Syracuse" title="Dionysius I of Syracuse">Dionysius I of Syracuse</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a ruler of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse, Sicily</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magna_Graecia" title="Magna Graecia">Magna Graecia</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Classical_Greece" title="Classical Greece">classical Greek</a> era. </p><p>The anecdote apparently figured in the lost history of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> by <a href="/wiki/Timaeus_(historian)" title="Timaeus (historian)">Timaeus of Tauromenium</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 356</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 260 BC</span>). The Roman orator <a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 106</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 43 BC</span>),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who may have read it in the texts of Greek historian <a href="/wiki/Diodorus_Siculus" title="Diodorus Siculus">Diodorus Siculus</a>, used it in his <i><a href="/wiki/Tusculanae_Disputationes" title="Tusculanae Disputationes">Tusculanae Disputationes</a></i>, 5. 61,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECicero_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECicero-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by which means it passed into the European cultural mainstream. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sword_of_Damocles">Sword of Damocles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damocles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sword of Damocles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the story, Damocles was flattering his king, Dionysius, exclaiming that Dionysius was truly fortunate as a great man of power and authority without peer, surrounded by magnificence. In response, Dionysius offered to switch places with Damocles for one day so that Damocles could taste that fortune firsthand. Damocles eagerly accepted the king's proposal. Damocles sat on the king's throne amid embroidered rugs, fragrant perfumes, and the service of beautiful attendants. But Dionysius, who had made many enemies during his reign, arranged that a sword should hang above the throne, held at the <a href="/wiki/Hilt#Pommel" title="Hilt">pommel</a> only by a single <a href="/wiki/Horsehair" title="Horsehair">hair of a horse's tail</a> to evoke the sense of what it is like to be king: though having much fortune, always having to watch in anxiety against dangers that might try to overtake him, whether it is a jealous advisor or servant, a slanderous rumor, an enemy kingdom, a poor royal decision, or anything else. Damocles finally begged the king for permission to depart because he no longer wanted to be so fortunate, realizing that while he had everything he could ever want at his feet, it could not affect what was above his crown. </p><p>King Dionysius effectively conveyed the constant fear in which a person with great power may live. Dionysius committed many cruelties in his rise to power, such that he could never go on to rule justly because that would make him vulnerable to his enemies. Cicero used this story as the last in a series of contrasting examples for concluding his fifth <i><a href="/wiki/Tusculan_Disputations" class="mw-redirect" title="Tusculan Disputations">Disputation</a></i>, in which the theme is that having virtue is sufficient for living a happy life.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECicero5.1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECicero5.1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sword_of_Damocles_(Herbert_Gandy).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Painting of the story of Damocles by British artist Herbert Gandy, featuring a Damocles surrounded by beautiful servants, lavish foods, gold, and riches, yet worriedly gazing up at an unsheathed sword above his head" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sword_of_Damocles_%28Herbert_Gandy%29.JPG/220px-Sword_of_Damocles_%28Herbert_Gandy%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sword_of_Damocles_%28Herbert_Gandy%29.JPG/330px-Sword_of_Damocles_%28Herbert_Gandy%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sword_of_Damocles_%28Herbert_Gandy%29.JPG/440px-Sword_of_Damocles_%28Herbert_Gandy%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="646" data-file-height="621" /></a><figcaption>Painting of the story of Damocles by British artist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Herbert_Gandy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herbert Gandy (page does not exist)">Herbert Gandy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> featuring a Damocles surrounded by beautiful servants, lavish foods, gold, and riches, worriedly gazing up at an unsheathed sword above his head</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Differing_interpretations">Differing interpretations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damocles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Differing interpretations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cicero's meaning in the story of the Sword of Damocles has alternative interpretations. Cicero states, "Doesn't Dionysius seem to have made it plenty clear that nothing is happy for him over whom terror always looms?" arguing that those in positions of power can never rest and truly enjoy that power.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some take this and argue further, stating that the point was that death looms over all, but that it is vital to strive to be happy and enjoy life in spite of that terror.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others take the meaning to be something akin to "don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes," as it is impossible to know what someone is struggling with, even if their life seems to be perfect to the outside observer. Just as King Dionysius's life looked luxurious and flawless on the outside to Damocles, so too might the lives of others that one covets for oneself.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One other interpretation sees the story of the sword of Damocles as explicitly meant for <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a>, implicitly suggesting that he should take care not to act the same way that King Dionysius did, making enemies and denying spiritual life, falling prey to the pitfalls of the <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrant</a>, and mind the sword hanging ever-present over his neck.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_in_culture,_art,_and_literature"><span id="Use_in_culture.2C_art.2C_and_literature"></span>Use in culture, art, and literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damocles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Use in culture, art, and literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sword of Damocles is frequently used in <a href="/wiki/Allusion" title="Allusion">allusion</a> to this tale, epitomizing the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. More generally, it is used to denote the sense of foreboding engendered by a precarious situation,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially one in which the onset of tragedy is restrained only by a delicate trigger or chance. William Shakespeare's <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_1" title="Henry IV, Part 1">Henry IV</a></i> expands on this theme: "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown";<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> compare the <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic">Hellenistic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> imagery connected with the insecurity offered by <a href="/wiki/Tyche" title="Tyche">Tyche</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fortuna" title="Fortuna">Fortuna</a>. </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales" title="The Canterbury Tales">The Canterbury Tales</a></i>, Geoffrey Chaucer refers to the sword of Damocles, which the Knight describes as hanging over Conquest. When the Knight describes the three temples, he also pays special attention to the paintings, noticing one on the walls of the temple of <a href="/wiki/Mars_(mythology)" title="Mars (mythology)">Mars</a>: </p> <div style="padding:1em 3em 1em 3em"><div style="display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap; gap:3em"><div style="flex: 1 0 300px;"> <div class="poem"> <p>And al above, depeinted in a tour,<br /> Saugh I Conquest, sitting in greet honour,<br /> With the sharpe swerd over his heed,<br /> Hanginge by a subtil twines threed. </p> </div> </div><div style="flex: 1 0 300px;"> <div class="poem"> <p>Above, where seated in his tower,<br /> I saw Conquest depicted in his power<br /> There was a sharpened sword above his head<br /> That hung there by the thinnest simple thread. </p> </div> </div></div><p style="clear:left;margin:1em 0 1em 6em;align-self:flex-end">— Chaucer, <i>Canterbury Tales</i>, l. 2027–2030<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Sword_of_Damocles_-_DPLA_-_57510ac89ab98ff38f6555801defe4d5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A political cartoon from Clifford Berryman following World War I, depicting a German delegate shakily signing a peace treaty as directed by the large hand of the Allied Powers, while a large sword bearing the inscription "Peace of Justice" hangs by a thread above him" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/The_Sword_of_Damocles_-_DPLA_-_57510ac89ab98ff38f6555801defe4d5.jpg/220px-The_Sword_of_Damocles_-_DPLA_-_57510ac89ab98ff38f6555801defe4d5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/The_Sword_of_Damocles_-_DPLA_-_57510ac89ab98ff38f6555801defe4d5.jpg/330px-The_Sword_of_Damocles_-_DPLA_-_57510ac89ab98ff38f6555801defe4d5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/The_Sword_of_Damocles_-_DPLA_-_57510ac89ab98ff38f6555801defe4d5.jpg/440px-The_Sword_of_Damocles_-_DPLA_-_57510ac89ab98ff38f6555801defe4d5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2334" data-file-height="2208" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Political_cartoon" title="Political cartoon">political cartoon</a> from <a href="/wiki/Clifford_K._Berryman" title="Clifford K. Berryman">Clifford Berryman</a> following <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, depicting a German delegate shakily signing a peace treaty as directed by the large hand of the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allied Powers</a>, while a large sword bearing the inscription "Peace of Justice" hangs by a thread above him (1919)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Roman 1st-century BC poet <a href="/wiki/Horace" title="Horace">Horace</a> also alluded to the sword of Damocles in Ode 1 of the <i>Third Book of Odes</i>, in which he extolled the virtues of living a simple, rustic life, favoring such an existence over the myriad threats and anxieties that accompany holding a position of power. In this appeal to his friend and patron, the aristocratic <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Maecenas" title="Gaius Maecenas">Gaius Maecenas</a>, Horace describes the <i>Siculae dapes</i> or "Sicilian feasts" as providing no savory pleasure to the man, "above whose impious head hangs a drawn sword (<i>destrictus ensis</i>)."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_modern_sword_of_Damocles_-_Keppler._LCCN2010652211.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A scene from Keppler's Puck shows Damocles in a crown labeled "industry" standing beneath a sword labeled "coal strikes"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_modern_sword_of_Damocles_-_Keppler._LCCN2010652211.jpg/220px-The_modern_sword_of_Damocles_-_Keppler._LCCN2010652211.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_modern_sword_of_Damocles_-_Keppler._LCCN2010652211.jpg/330px-The_modern_sword_of_Damocles_-_Keppler._LCCN2010652211.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/The_modern_sword_of_Damocles_-_Keppler._LCCN2010652211.jpg/440px-The_modern_sword_of_Damocles_-_Keppler._LCCN2010652211.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>A scene from Joseph Keppler's <i>Puck</i> showing Damocles, wearing a crown labeled "Industry", standing beneath a large sword, labeled "Coal Strikes", which hangs above him by a thread, suggesting that the <a href="/wiki/Coal_strikes" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal strikes">coal strikes</a> at the beginning of the 20th century were the modern-day sword of Damocles (1903)</figcaption></figure> <p>The phrase has also come to be used in describing any situation infused with a sense of impending doom, especially when the peril is visible and proximal—regardless of whether the victim is in a position of power. United States President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy#Presidency_(1961–1963)" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> compared the omnipresent threat of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_annihilation" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear annihilation">nuclear annihilation</a> to a sword of Damocles hanging over the people of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soviet First Secretary <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a> wanted the <a href="/wiki/Tsar_Bomba" title="Tsar Bomba">Tsar Bomba</a> to "hang like the sword of Damocles over the imperialists' heads".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Woodcut images of the sword of Damocles as an emblem appear in 16th- and 17th-century European books of devices, with moralizing couplets or quatrains, with the import <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">METUS EST PLENUS TYRANNIS</span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small vignette shows Damocles under a canopy of state, at the festive table, with Dionysius seated nearby;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the etching, with its clear political moral, was later used to illustrate the idea.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>References to the sword of Damocles can also be found in cartoonist illustrations, such as in <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Keppler" title="Joseph Keppler">Joseph Keppler</a>'s magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Puck_(magazine)" title="Puck (magazine)">Puck</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a satiric periodical started in the late 1800s in the United States, and the sword can be used as a device to call attention to the peril that current events or contentious issues of the time place the world in. </p><p>The sword of Damocles frequently appears in popular culture, including novels, feature films, television series, video games, and music.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some notable examples include <i><a href="/wiki/Damocles_(video_game)" title="Damocles (video game)">Damocles</a></i>, a 16-bit videogame from 1990 in which the player races to prevent the titular comet Damocles from destroying a planet,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the song "<a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show_(soundtrack)" title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show (soundtrack)">The Sword of Damocles</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show">The Rocky Horror Picture Show</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a virtual reality headset also called <a href="/wiki/The_Sword_of_Damocles_(virtual_reality)" title="The Sword of Damocles (virtual reality)">The Sword of Damocles</a>, developed by Ivan Sutherland in 1968, named for its suspension from the ceiling of the lab in which it was developed and its foreboding appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Made_in_Canada_(TV_series)" title="Made in Canada (TV series)">Made in Canada</a></i>, a Canadian television series that ran from 1998 to 2003, <i>Sword of Damacles</i> was the name of an in-series television show produced by Pyramid, the production company the show centres around. </p><p>The <i>Damocles</i> is the name of the ship that is used in a <a href="/wiki/Ziva_David_captivity_storyline" title="Ziva David captivity storyline">multi-episode plot-line</a> that spanned multiple seasons of the television show <a href="/wiki/NCIS_(TV_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="NCIS (TV show)">NCIS</a>. </p><p>The CW show <i>The 100</i> presents its two-part finale of season 5, titled "Damocles." In this finale, General Diyoza confronts Octavia with the words, "Do you know what your mistake was? Your mistake was enjoying it... Power... it’s the kiss of death." <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The American band <a href="/wiki/Trivium_(band)" title="Trivium (band)">Trivium</a> released a song called "Like a Sword Over Damocles" on their 2021 album <i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Court_of_the_Dragon" title="In the Court of the Dragon">In the Court of the Dragon</a></i>. </p><p>The sword of Damocles is an oft-used symbol in modern <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a>, an allusion used to impart the threat "kingly" <a href="/wiki/Rapping" title="Rapping">rappers</a> face of being deposed as the best of the best. It is referenced in the lyrics of the song "Zealots" by <a href="/wiki/Fugees" title="Fugees">The Fugees</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also appears in the music of <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>, both in the music video for his single "<a href="/wiki/Power_(Kanye_West_song)" title="Power (Kanye West song)">Power</a>" in 2010, where a sword is positioned above West's head as he stands amidst rows of <a href="/wiki/Ionic_order" title="Ionic order">Ionic</a> columns, and in later cover art for the song, which features the impaled head of a black man wearing a crown.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damocles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croesus_and_Fate" title="Croesus and Fate">Croesus and Fate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Damocles_(Rufus_Wainwright_song)" title="Sword of Damocles (Rufus Wainwright song)">"Sword of Damocles" (Rufus Wainwright song)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damocles&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>; 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Every man, woman, and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Selected+Speeches&rft.atitle=Address+before+the+General+Assembly+of+the+United+Nations&rft.date=1961-09-25&rft.aulast=Kennedy&rft.aufirst=John+Fitzgerald&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jfklibrary.org%2FResearch%2FReady-Reference%2FJFK-Speeches%2FAddress-Before-the-General-Assembly-of-the-United-Nations-September-25-1961.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIsaacsMitchell1998" class="citation audio-visual cs1">Isaacs, Jeremy; Mitchell, Pat, eds. 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Glasgow, Scotland, UK: Glasgow University. emblem 30.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Morosophie&rft.place=Glasgow%2C+Scotland%2C+UK&rft.pages=emblem-30&rft.pub=Glasgow+University&rft.date=1553&rft.aulast=La+Perri%C3%A8re&rft.aufirst=Guillaume&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk%2Ffrench%2Femblem.php%3Fid%3DFLPb030&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParadin1557" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Paradin, Claude (1557). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/french/emblem.php?id=FPAb088"><i>Coelitus impendet</i></a> [<i>It hangs from Heaven</i>]. Devises heroïques (in Latin). Glasgow, Scotland, UK: Glasgow University.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Coelitus+impendet&rft.place=Glasgow%2C+Scotland%2C+UK&rft.series=Devises+hero%C3%AFques&rft.pub=Glasgow+University&rft.date=1557&rft.aulast=Paradin&rft.aufirst=Claude&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk%2Ffrench%2Femblem.php%3Fid%3DFPAb088&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoissard1593" class="citation book cs1">Boissard, Jean Jacques (1593). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/french/emblem.php?id=FBOb045"><i>Emblematum Liber</i></a>. 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(1963). <i><a href="/wiki/Stiff_Upper_Lip,_Jeeves" title="Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves">Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Stiff+Upper+Lip%2C+Jeeves&rft.date=1963&rft.aulast=Wodehouse&rft.aufirst=P.G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (October 2014)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBohumil_Hrabal1990" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bohumil_Hrabal" title="Bohumil Hrabal">Bohumil Hrabal</a> (1990). <i>Příliš hlučná samota</i> [<i><a href="/wiki/Too_Loud_a_Solitude" title="Too Loud a Solitude">Too Loud a Solitude</a></i>].</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=P%C5%99%C3%ADli%C5%A1+hlu%C4%8Dn%C3%A1+samota&rft.date=1990&rft.au=Bohumil+Hrabal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (October 2014)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHermans1958" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Willem_Frederik_Hermans" title="Willem Frederik Hermans">Hermans, W.F.</a> (1958). <i>De Donkere Kamer van Damocles</i> [<i><a href="/wiki/The_Darkroom_of_Damocles" title="The Darkroom of Damocles">The Darkroom of Damocles</a></i>].</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=De+Donkere+Kamer+van+Damocles&rft.date=1958&rft.aulast=Hermans&rft.aufirst=W.F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span><br /><b>Film:</b> <i><a href="/wiki/Half-Wits_Holiday" title="Half-Wits Holiday">Half-Wits Holiday</a></i> (1947), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show">The Rocky Horror Picture Show</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/wiki/Escape_from_L.A." title="Escape from L.A.">Escape from L.A.</a></i> (1996).<br /><b>TV series: "The 100" season 5, episode 12,13. 2014.;</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"<a href="/wiki/Burns_Verkaufen_der_Kraftwerk" title="Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk">Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. Episode 11. 1991.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Simpsons&rft.series=Episode+11&rft.date=1991&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"<a href="/wiki/Work_Experience_(The_Office)" class="mw-redirect" title="Work Experience (The Office)">Work Experience</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Office_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Office (UK TV series)">The Office</a></i>. Episode 2. 2001.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Office&rft.series=Episode+2&rft.date=2001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Jumping the Shark". <i><a href="/wiki/Reno_911!" title="Reno 911!">Reno 911!</a></i>. Episode 1. 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Reno+911%21&rft.series=Episode+1&rft.date=2008&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><i><a href="/wiki/Code_Geass" title="Code Geass">Code Geass</a></i> (TV broadcast). Vol. 2. 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Code+Geass&rft.date=2008&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><i><a href="/wiki/K_(anime)" class="mw-redirect" title="K (anime)">K (anime)</a></i> (TV broadcast). 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=K+%28anime%29&rft.date=2012&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span><br /><b>Videogames:</b> <i><a href="/wiki/Mercenary_(video_game)#Damocles" title="Mercenary (video game)">Damocles</a></i> (1990), <i><a href="/wiki/Tomb_Raider" title="Tomb Raider">Tomb Raider</a></i> (1996); <i><a href="/wiki/MechWarrior_3" title="MechWarrior 3">MechWarrior 3</a></i> (1999); <i><a href="/wiki/Max_Payne_2:_The_Fall_of_Max_Payne" title="Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne">Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne</a></i> (2003); <i><a href="/wiki/E.Y.E.:_Divine_Cybermancy" title="E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy">E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy</a></i> (2011); <i><a href="/wiki/Ryse:_Son_of_Rome" title="Ryse: Son of Rome">Ryse: Son of Rome</a></i> (2013); <i><a href="/wiki/The_Binding_of_Isaac:_Rebirth#Repentance" title="The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth">The Binding of Isaac: Repentance</a></i> (2021).<br /><b>Music:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFToto1978" class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a> (1978). <i><a href="/wiki/Toto_(album)" title="Toto (album)">Toto (album)</a></i> (audio recording).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Toto+%28album%29&rft.date=1978&rft.au=Toto&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFToto1979" class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a> (1979). <i><a href="/wiki/Hydra_(Toto_album)" title="Hydra (Toto album)">Hydra</a></i> (audio recording).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hydra&rft.date=1979&rft.au=Toto&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFToto1984" class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a> (1984). <i><a href="/wiki/Toto_IV" title="Toto IV">Toto IV</a></i> (audio recording).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Toto+IV&rft.date=1984&rft.au=Toto&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span> (see <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.toto99.com/blog2010/index.php?/archives/819-SWORD,-THE.html">"SWORD, THE"</a>. May 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SWORD%2C+THE&rft.date=2007-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toto99.com%2Fblog2010%2Findex.php%3F%2Farchives%2F819-SWORD%2C-THE.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReed1992" class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Reed" title="Lou Reed">Reed, Lou</a> (1992). <i><a href="/wiki/Sword_of_Damocles_Externally" class="mw-redirect" title="Sword of Damocles Externally">Sword of Damocles Externally</a></i> (audio recording).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sword+of+Damocles+Externally&rft.date=1992&rft.aulast=Reed&rft.aufirst=Lou&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThe_Fugees_and_Wyclef_Jean1996" class="citation audio-visual cs1">The <a href="/wiki/Fugees" title="Fugees">Fugees</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyclef_Jean" title="Wyclef Jean">Wyclef Jean</a> (1996). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Score_(Fugees_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Score (Fugees album)">Zealots</a></i> (audio recording).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Zealots&rft.date=1996&rft.au=The+Fugees+and+Wyclef+Jean&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds2001" class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds" title="Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds">Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds</a> (2001). <i><a href="/wiki/Oh_My_Lord_(Nick_Cave_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oh My Lord (Nick Cave song)">Oh My Lord</a></i> (audio recording).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Oh+My+Lord&rft.date=2001&rft.au=Nick+Cave+and+the+Bad+Seeds&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIron_Maiden2013" class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden" title="Iron Maiden">Iron Maiden</a> (2013). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Final_Frontier_(Iron_Maiden_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Final Frontier (Iron Maiden album)">Starblind</a></i> (audio recording).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Starblind&rft.date=2013&rft.au=Iron+Maiden&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuyartHurtGaryckiBerry2004" class="citation web cs1">Guyart, S.; Hurt, A.; Garycki, P.; Berry, S.; Sachs, M. (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mercenarysite.free.fr/damocles.htm#I1">"Hints and solution for Damocles"</a>. <i>The Mercenary Site</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050409061204/http://mercenarysite.free.fr:80/damocles.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 2005-04-09<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-05-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Mercenary+Site&rft.atitle=Hints+and+solution+for+Damocles&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Guyart&rft.aufirst=S.&rft.au=Hurt%2C+A.&rft.au=Garycki%2C+P.&rft.au=Berry%2C+S.&rft.au=Sachs%2C+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmercenarysite.free.fr%2Fdamocles.htm%23I1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRuhlmann" class="citation cs2">Ruhlmann, William, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000200364"><i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic</i></a><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-05-21</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rocky+Horror+Picture+Show+%5BOriginal+Motion+Picture+Soundtrack%5D+-+Various+Artists+%7C+Songs%2C+Reviews%2C+Credits+%7C+AllMusic&rft.aulast=Ruhlmann&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Falbum%2Fthe-rocky-horror-picture-show-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000200364&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Works_cited">Works cited</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damocles&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Works cited"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCicero" class="citation cs2">Cicero, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/cicero/tusculan-deputations/damocles/"><i>Tusculan Disputations</i></a> (translation), Livius.org, V. 61</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tusculan+Disputations&rft.pages=V.+61&rft.pub=Livius.org&rft.au=Cicero&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livius.org%2Fsources%2Fcontent%2Fcicero%2Ftusculan-deputations%2Fdamocles%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWestall" class="citation cs2">Westall, Richard, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180813165612/http://www.unc.edu/ackland/collection/?action=details&object_link_id=79.10.1"><i>The sword of Damocles</i></a> (painting), <a href="/wiki/Ackland_Art_Museum" title="Ackland Art Museum">Ackland Art Museum</a>, UNC, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unc.edu/ackland/collection/?action=details&object_link_id=79.10.1">the original</a> on 13 August 2018</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+sword+of+Damocles&rft.series=Ackland+Art+Museum&rft.pub=UNC&rft.aulast=Westall&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unc.edu%2Fackland%2Fcollection%2F%3Faction%3Ddetails%26object_link_id%3D79.10.1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADamocles" class="Z3988"></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damocles&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/16px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/24px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/32px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> The dictionary definition of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/damocles" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Special:Search/damocles"><i>damocles</i></a> at Wiktionary</li> <li><span 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