Possible Clues:

• Sycophant once left sitting in an agony of suspense
• Character associated with suspended sword
• His fate hung by a thread
• He had a 2 Dn suspended over his head
• Ancient Greek whose sword hung over his head
• He sat under a sword
• The Sword of ........ is imminent danger
• Sycophant forced by Dionysius to sit under a sword suspended by a hair
• Legendary Greek courtier
• Greek courtier from Delos caught out drinking in the morning