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.
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
