Category:Androcles (subject)

Androcles is a fictitious character, created by Bernard Shaw in 1912. He is a fugitive Christian slave who was delivered to the beasts in the arena and spared by a lion whose wounds he had healed in the wilderness.

Overview

The story of Androcles as a (1st cent.?) fugitive slave spared by the lion in the arena is told by Aulus Gellius (and by Pliny the Elder). Ever since it has been retold with uncountable variants from the Middle Ages up to contemporary times.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Louis Feuillade and Bernard Shaw gave a "Christian" twist to the narrative. Androcles was now a slave because of his Christianity, and the incident was located in a time of religious persecution, in the 1st century under Emperor Nero according to Feuillade and in the 2nd century under Emperor Antoninus Pius according to Shaw. The Shaw story became the standard narrative on stage and in numerous cinematic productions.

Adaptations

External links

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