If you’ve ever heard someone say the “sword of Damocles ... who shared the anecdotal story of Damocles and the fourth-century tyrant Dionysius, the king of the Sicilian city of Syracuse.

The "Sword of Damocles" is an ancient Roman moral parable about a king named Dionysius who wanted to show that power comes with constant anxiety. He let a man named Damocles sit in his place and ...