
Sujet
The Banquet of Damocles', 1890.
Légende
'The Banquet of Damocles', 1890. Damocles, 4th century BC courtier, swapped places for a day with King Dionysius II who arranged for a sword held by a single hair of a horse's tail to hang above his chair, to better understand great fortune and power bring fear, anxiety and great danger. A moral known as the 'Sword of Damocles'. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]
Date
1890
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19F22_065
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
59,2Mo (4,6Mo) / 38,4cm x 38,6cm / 4540 x 4555 (300dpi)