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Damocles (born 370?bc), courtier of Dionysius , who was tyrant of the city of Syracuse in Sicily. According to a legend recounted by the Roman writers Horace and Cicero, Damocles on one occasion commented to his sovereign on the grandeur and happiness of rulers. Dionysius soon thereafter invited his courtier to a luxurious banquet, where Damocles enjoyed the delights of the table until his attention was directed upward and he saw a sharp sword hanging above him by a single horsehair. By this device Dionysius made Damocles realize that insecurity might threaten those who appeared to be the most fortunate. The sword of Damocles As poor as Job The Book of Job consists of five distinct sections: a prose prologue (chap. 1-2); a series of dramatic discourses between Job and three of his friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar (chap. 3-31); a discourse between Job and Elihu, a fourth friend (chap. 32-37); Gods speeches from the whirlwind (38:1-42:6); and a prose epilogue (42:7-17). Job is a “man . . . blameless and upright . . . one who feared God, and turned away from evil” (1:1). He is pious, rich, and the head of a large, contented family. Then on a day “when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord” (1:6), God asks Satan what he thinks of Jobs piety and righteousness. Satan proposes that Job would curse God if he were to lose all his wealth; so God and Satan agree to test Job. Satan proceeds to take away Jobs possessions, even his sons, and finally to afflict Job with extremely painful boils. Job refuses, however, to curse God. Three of his friends, having heard of his misfortunes, now arrive to comfort him, but they are dumbfounded at their first sight of Job. Job Afflicted by Satan Job’s Comforters Three of his friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, arrive to comfort him and are horrified by what they find. This 1825 watercolor illustration, from Illustrations of the Booke of Job, is in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City, New York. In the las