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Androcles and the Lion (Shavian: ·𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑟 𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑲𐑩𐑯) is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion.
- Bernard Shaw
- 1912
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31. ANDROCLES AND THE LION By Rob John Once there was a slave called Androcles who belonged to a very cruel master. Androcles worked all day long in his master’s fields and was never paid a...
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Androcles, a slave because of his Christianity, is cruelly treated by his master, the Pro Consul of Rome, from whom he escapes in order to avoid the humiliation he had been forced to suffer. While roaming through the jungle wilds of the Italian mountains, he encounters a lion in its cavern lair.
Explore the Greek myth of ''Androcles and the Lion.'' Review the myth's characters, setting, and plot, discovering how an escaped slave named Androcles befriends a lion...
Oct 25, 2013 · Androcles and the Lion is a famous story that has enchanted the interest of many people from antiquity to the present day. This is the story, folk tale probably, about an slave, Androcles, who fled from his master, finds a lion in the desert, the lion does not attack him, as we might expect.
Androcles and the Lion. A slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. As he was wandering about there he came upon a Lion lying down moaning and groaning. At first he turned to flee, but finding that the Lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went up to him.
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