Metaphors Handed Down To Us From Ancient Greece

and depicted in historic paintings and sculpture

Just a lil’ bite out of the author’s personal library…

It occurred to me this week that we often use phrases which explain a complex situation in a nutshell. These phrases, in addition to being useful, show that the user is an educated person. Just today, in Bret Primack’s Substack, he used the phrase “Sword of Damocles.” Can we infer the meaning of t…