King Dionysius effectively conveyed the sense of constant fear in which a great man may live. Damocles finally begged the king that he be allowed to depart because he no longer wanted to be so fortunate, realizing that with great fortune and power comes also great responsibility (and danger). Damocles sat down in the king's throne surrounded by every luxury, but Dionysius arranged that a huge sword should hang above the throne, held at the pommel only by a single hair of a horse's tail. Damocles quickly and eagerly accepted the king's proposal. Dionysius then offered to switch places with Damocles so that Damocles could taste that very fortune firsthand.
According to the story, Damocles was pandering to Dionysius, his king, and exclaimed to him that he was truly fortunate as a great man of power and authority, surrounded by magnificence.
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