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)

Mots clés

Gravure portrait richesse Femme Femmes Gens Homme intérieur regarder cour homme hommes arts pays puissance crainte luxe danger loi livre dangereux tables risque menacer MENACE antique Grec table La Grèce luxueux fortune riche chaise endroit siècle inquiétude cour de loi meubles littérature dame concept banquet RECHERCHE craintif moral péril Jour 19e siècle La Grèce Antique Grec Antique le palais de justice dix-neuvième siècle histoire historique The Print Collector gravure portrait Anonyme Cassells Edmund Co Cassell & Co Edmund Ollier Ollier Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell & Company Sword of Damocles Cassell & Cassell's Illustrated Universal History Early and Greek History Damocles Dionysius II of Syracuse Syracuse Dionysius II of Dionysius II Dionysius the Younger