The Damocles is the name of the ship that is used in a multi-episode plot-line that spanned multiple seasons of the television show NCIS. The CW show The 100 presents its two-part finale of season 5, titled "Damocles."

2016年2月17日 · The famed “sword of Damocles” dates back to an ancient moral parable popularized by the Roman philosopher Cicero in his 45 B.C. book “Tusculan Disputations.”

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.

2018年5月9日 · Damocles was a member of the court of Dionysius (pronounced dye-uh-NIGH-see-us) the Younger, ruler of the Sicilian city of Syracuse during the 300s bce. According to a legend passed on by the Roman writer Cicero, Damocles told Dionysius how much he envied his kingly wealth, power, and happiness.

2018年4月12日 · The Sword of Damocles was described by the Roman orator Cicero in his 'Tusculan Disputations'. But what was the original meaning?

2025年1月19日 · Though Damocles Sword hang over his head by an hair; the sweetness of Soveraignty deludes him with the britle promise of Security. 6 -: From A Præfatory Discourse to a late Pamphlet, Entituled, A Memento for English Protestants, &c. Being An Answer to that Part of the Compendium, which reflects upon the Bishop of Lincoln’s Book (London ...

2024年2月15日 · The Sword of Damocles is a phrase derived from a moral tale by Cicero involving Dionysius I of Syracuse and his courtier, Damocles. The story reveals the tension between power, wealth, and happiness, emphasizing that true joy does not come from material gains or authority.