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Damocles [a] is a character who appears in a (likely apocryphal) anecdote commonly referred to as "the sword of Damocles", [1] [2] an allusion to the imminent and ...
The Darkroom of Damocles (Dutch: De donkere kamer van Damokles) is a war novel by the Dutch writer Willem Frederik Hermans, published in 1958.An immediate success since it was first published, the novel has been printed in numerous editions and is considered one of the greatest World War II novels. [1]
(5335) Damocles / ˈ d æ m ə k l iː z /, provisional designation 1991 DA, is a centaur and the namesake of the damocloids, a group of minor planets which may be inactive nuclei of the Halley-type and long-period comets. It was discovered on 18 February 1991, by Australian astronomer Robert McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia.
Damocles was a legendary Greek figure. Damocles may also refer to: 5335 Damocles, an asteroid; Damocles, a 1990 science fiction videogame; Oroxylum indicum, a flowering plant also known as the "tree of Damocles" Damocles (targeting pod), a French laser designator and forward looking infrared pod used on military aircraft
The Sword of Damocles is widely misattributed as the name of the first AR (or VR) display prototype. According to Ivan Sutherland , this was merely a joke name for the mechanical system that supported and tracked (using attached wires) the actual HMD below it. [ 1 ]
The Sword of Damocles is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Jose Collins, H.V. Esmond and Claude Fleming. [1] Cast
The Tusculan Disputations is the locus classicus of the legend of the Sword of Damocles, [16] as well as of the sole mention of cultura animi as an agricultural metaphor for human culture. [17] [18] Cicero also mentions disapprovingly Amafinius, one of the first Latin writers on philosophy in Rome.
Like Two Drops of Water (Dutch: Als twee druppels water) is a 1963 Dutch drama film directed by Fons Rademakers.It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel The Darkroom of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans. [1]