'The Banquet of Damocles', 1890. Creator: Unknown.
/2714440.jpg "'The Banquet of Damocles', 1890. Creator: Unknown.")
2-714-440 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images
'The Banquet of Damocles', 1890. Damocles, 4th century BC courtier, swapped places for a day with King Dionysius II who arranged for a sword held by a single hair of a horse's tail to hang above his chair, to better understand great fortune and power bring fear, anxiety and great danger. A moral known as the 'Sword of Damocles'. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]
Image Details
People Information
Creator
- Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
- Damocles: Syracusan: Courtier
People Related
- Edmund Ollier: : author, journalist
- Cassell & Co: : Publisher, printer, lithographer, publishers, printers, lithographers
- Dionysius II of Syracuse: Greek: Politician
Category Hierarchy
Lifestyle & Leisure Food & Drink
Artistic Representations Portraits
Society & Culture Wealth & Poverty
History & Politics Politics Other
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4540x4555
File Size : 60,586kb
Aliases
- 0580065818
- 2-714-440
- 2714440
Keywords - refine your search by combining multiple keywords below.
Loading...