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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 975 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ANDROCLUS , a See also:

ROMAN

Roman slave who lived about the See also:

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

time of Tiberius. He is the See also:

hero of a See also:

story told by Aulus See also:

GELLIUS, AULUS (c. A.D. 13o-I8o)

Gellius (v. 14), which states that Androclus had taken See also:

REFUGE

refuge from the cruelties of his See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in a See also:

cave in See also:

Africa, when a See also:

lion entered the cave and showed him his swollen paw, from which Androclus extracted a large See also:

thorn. The grateful See also:

animal subsequently recognized him when he had been captured and thrown to the See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild beasts in the See also:

CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus, and, instead of attacking him, began to caress him (See also:

Aelian, De Nat. An. vii. 48).

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