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Who was Damocles?
And why did he die?

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he was a courtier of Dionysius I of Syracuse Damocles, before his death According to legend, he was the revered leader of a vast Roman army. However, during a massive battle, his cowardly commanders abandoned him.

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Damocles is a character who appears in an (likely apocryphal) anecdote commonly referred to as "the Sword of Damocles", an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. Damocles was an obsequious courtier in the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse, a 4th-century

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I don't know how he died sorry.

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