The Sword of Damocles: An Ancient Warning to Tyrants

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AmericanEsoteric Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Collin-Conkwright Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/american.esoteric/ BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cicero, Tusculan Disputation, translated by C. D. Yonge. Horace, Odes 3.1.17-21 (tr. John Conington) Sidonius, Letters 2.13.6-8 (tr. O.M. Dalton) *A Synopsis of the Legend of the Sword of Damocles and a Commentary on Tyranny. “States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.” Antisthenes (445 - 365 BC)