Is Damocles in the Dictionary?

any situation threatening imminent harm or disaster. See also Damocles (def. 1).

What does Damocles mean in English?

: a courtier of ancient Syracuse held to have been seated at a banquet beneath a sword hung by a single hair.

Is Damocles real?

Damocles, (flourished 4th century bce), a courtier of Dionysius I of Syracuse, in Sicily, tyrant from 405 to 367 bce. Thus did the tyrant demonstrate that the fortunes of men who hold power are as precarious as the predicament in which he had placed his guest. ...