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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 ]
Sword of Damocles, a huge sword hung above the throne where Damocles sat, it was held at the pommel only by a single hair of a horse's tail. Sword of justice , in Themis right hand, she is seen to have a sword that faces downward.
The Darkroom of Damocles (De donkere kamer van Damokles, novel, 1958) Beyond Sleep (Nooit meer slapen, novel, 1966) Een wonderkind of een total loss/A child prodigy or a total loss (stories, 1967) Herinneringen van een engelbewaarder/Memories of a guardian angel (novel, 1971) Het evangelie van O. Dapper Dapper/The gospel of O. Dapper Dapper ...
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, a 1920 British silent film directed by George Ridgwell; Sword of Damocles, a super weapon in the 1996 movie Escape from L.A. "Sword of Damocles" marking each of the kings in the Japanese TV series K "Sword of Damocles", the ninth episode of Survivor 45.
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 Roman historian Jordanes, quoting the work of the historian Priscus, gave the story of its origin: . When a certain shepherd beheld one heifer of his flock limping and could find no cause for this wound, he anxiously followed the trail of blood and at length came to a sword it had unwittingly trampled while nibbling the grass.