Androcles

American  

[an-druh-kleez] / ˈæn drəˌkliz /

Also Androclus

noun

Roman Legend.

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

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Androcles British  

/ ˈændrəˌkliːz, ˈændrəkləs /

noun

1. (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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Androcles

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

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2011

A dash of Shaw is offered in Androcles and the Lion.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Pitoeff company playing at the Comedie Champs Elysees, in The Lower Depths, Androcles and the Lion and others, are almost always interesting.

From Time Magazine Archive

In more recent years Dooley has worked in the Federal Theater Project with John Houseman and Orson Welles, played in The Show-Off, Androcles and the Lion and the Broadway production of Cabin in the Sky.

From Time Magazine Archive

There the lion crouched again for a moment—then made a rush at Androcles.

From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Ghosh, Sarath Kumar