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Androcles
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Androcles is the main character of a common folk tale about a man befriending a lion.
We used to see Androcles with the lion attached to a slender leash, making the rounds of the city, a pen and wash drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi, 1530s
We used to see Androcles with the lion attached to a slender leash, making the rounds of the city, a pen and wash drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi, 1530s
Poster for the Federal Theatre Project production of Shaw's Androcles and the Lion (1938)
Poster for the Federal Theatre Project production of Shaw's Androcles and the Lion (1938)
Dooley Wilson as Androcles in the Federal Theatre Project production of Androcles and the Lion (1938)
Dooley Wilson as Androcles in the Federal Theatre Project production of Androcles and the Lion (1938)
Gioacchino Francesco Travani's medal in honour of Pope Alexander VII
Gioacchino Francesco Travani's medal in honour of Pope Alexander VII
The Lion and the Mouse
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The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 150 in the Perry Index. There are also Eastern variants of the story, all of which demonstrate mutual dependence regardless of size or status. In the Renaissance the fable was provided with a sequel condemning social ambition.
Woodcut showing two scenes from the fable in the Ysopu hystoriado, Seville 1521
Woodcut showing two scenes from the fable in the Ysopu hystoriado, Seville 1521
Sculpture by Tom Otterness at the Beelden aan Zee museum
Sculpture by Tom Otterness at the Beelden aan Zee museum
Lithograph in black pencil on cream-coloured background by John Doyle (artist), 1844
Lithograph in black pencil on cream-coloured background by John Doyle (artist), 1844