ANDROCLES AND THE LION

Domain	Definition
Literature	Androcles and the Lion Androcles was a runaway slave who took refuge in a cavern. A lion entered, and instead of tearing him to pieces, lifted up his front paw that Androcles might extract from it a thorn. The slave being subsequently captured, was doomed to fight with a lion in the Roman arena. It so happened that the same lion was let out against him, and, recognising his benefactor, showed towards him every demonstration of love and gratitude. In the Gesta Romanorum (Tale civ.) the same story is told, and there is a similar one in Æsop's Fables. The original tale, however, is from Aulus Gellius, on the authority of Plistonices, who asserts that he was himself an eyewitness of the encounter. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. It is has themes of martyrdom and persecution which are portrayed through the vehicle of comedy which is so often used. In the play, Shaw uses slapstick humour, verbal wit and physical humour to portray his themes.

A version was published written using the Shavian alphabet (1962 Penguin Books, London).

Modern Usage: ANDROCLES AND THE LION

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Androcles and the Lion (1967)
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Commercial Usage: ANDROCLES AND THE LION

Domain	Title
Books	Stories to Stir the Imagination, Vol. 2: Androcles and the Lion; A Mad Tea Party; The Dutch Boy and the Dike; The Ugly Duckling (reference) Androcles and the Lion ; Overruled ; Pygmalion (Bcl1-Pr English Literature Series) (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: ANDROCLES AND THE LION

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	Androcles and the lion. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Anagrams: ANDROCLES AND THE LION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-d-e-e-h-i-l-l-n-n-n-o-o-r-s-t"
	-5 letters: condensational, reconsolidated.
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