Phil Kelly is the author of the Warhammer 40,000 novellas Blood Oaths and Farsight, the Space Marine Battles novel Blades of Damocles, and the Warhammer titles Sigmar's Blood and Dreadfleet. For example, there's an online gaming community called Mount and Blade which references the Sword of Damocles, and it even shows up in the Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Office.Nov 02, 2017Oct 07, 2018About the Author. The way Cicero tells it, Damocles was the name of a sycophant (adsentator in Latin), one of the several yes-men in the court of Dionysius, a 4th century BC tyrant.Dionysius ruled Syracuse, a city in Magna Graecia, the Greek area of southern Italy.To his subjects, Dionysius appeared to be very rich and comfortable, with all the luxuries money could buy, tasteful …The Sword of Damocles myth also shows up a lot in popular culture.
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