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Androcles

American

[an-druh-kleez] / ˈæn drəˌkliz /

Also Androclus

noun

Roman Legend.

a slave who was spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had long before extracted a thorn.

Androcles British

/ ˈændrəˌkliːz, ˈændrəkləs /

noun

(in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn

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Born in Kuala Lumpur, Gough started his career in the 1946 television movie Androcles and the Lion.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2011

The season starts with Comedy of Errors, July 28-30, continues with Cymbeline, Aug. 4-6, and ends with George Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the Lion, Aug. 11-13.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has two TV specials coming up the same week next month�as host of NBC's high-rating annual Ice Follies show and as Ferrovius in a Richard Rodgers musical adaptation of Androcles and the Lion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Androcles fails to transmit a serious social message, for the good reason that it is not a serious play.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Androcles patted the lion’s head, and gave a sob of recognition, for he knew that it was his own lion, with whom he had lived and lodged all those months and years.

From The Animal Story Book by Various

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