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1. 1.Dionysios vanhemman kreikkalainen hovimies, joka joutui legendan mukaan istumaan hiuskarvan varassa riippuvan miekan alle osoituksena kuninkaana olemisen vaaroista (4. vuosisata eaa.)

1. 1.the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)

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