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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 ]
Dick Matena (born 24 April 1943) [1] [2] is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist. He has also published under the pseudonyms A. den Dooier, John Kelly and Dick Richards.He has made several kinds of comics, from humor comics to erotic comics, but is best known for his comic book adaptations of famous literary novels.
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 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, 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.
The sword and scabbard of Skanderbeg are currently on display at the Kunsthistorischen Museum in Vienna, Austria. According to Dhimitër Frëngu, Skanderbeg's scribe and one of his biographers, the first sword was curved (In the original Italian: una scimitarra storta), with a sharp edge and elegantly made of Damascened steel.
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