Damocles

figure featured in an ancient Greek moral anecdote
Person mythological_greek_character Q116437
Damocles
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Damocles

Summary

Damocles is a mythological Greek character[1]. He died on -0400-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a politician[3]. He draws 222 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_greek_character category, ranking #144 of 1,333).[4]

Key Facts

  • Damocles died on -0400-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Damocles's professions included politician[3].
  • Damocles's image is recorded as Damocles-WestallPC20080120-8842A.jpg[5].
  • Damocles is recorded as male[6].
  • Damocles's instance of is recorded as mythological Greek character[7].
  • Damocles's instance of is recorded as legendary figure[8].
  • Damocles's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 305351735[9].
  • Damocles's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 50151776798918011206[10].
  • Damocles's GND ID is recorded as 1044283351[11].
  • Damocles's location is recorded as Syracuse[12].
  • Damocles's Commons category is recorded as Sword of Damocles[13].
  • Damocles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0krrz[14].
  • Damocles's Notable Names Database ID is recorded as 945/000096657[15].
  • Damocles's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0021383[16].
  • Damocles's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Damocles's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Damocles's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Damocles's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Damocles's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Damocles[21].
  • Damocles's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 205211[22].
  • Damocles's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp02091469[23].
  • Damocles's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Damokles[24].
  • Damocles's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as damokles[25].
  • Damocles's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i94850[26].
  • Damocles's Krugosvet article is recorded as istoriya/DAMOKL.html[27].

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Career and Affiliations

Damocles's professions included politician[3].

Death and Burial

Damocles died on -0400-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Damocles include Sword of him[28], a fictional sword[29] and 5335 he[30], a Damocloid asteroid[31].

Why It Matters

Damocles draws 222 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_greek_character category, ranking #144 of 1,333).[4] He has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] He is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for him include Sword of him[28], a fictional sword[29] and 5335 he[30], a Damocloid asteroid[31].

FAQs

What did Damocles do for work?

Damocles worked as politician[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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