Androclus — Androclus, ein Sklave, der, in die afrikanische Wüste entflohen, einem Löwen den Fuß heilte, später eingefangen und zum Tierkampf verurteilt, von dem ebenfalls gefangenen Löwen in der Arena erkannt und dankbar geliebkost wurde … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Androclus — Andrōclus, entlaufener röm. Sklave aus der Zeit des Tiberius, der angeblich auf seiner Flucht einem Löwen in der Wüste einen Dorn ausgezogen hatte. Als er später, zum Kampf in der Arena verurteilt, dem Tier gegenübergestellt wurde, legte es sich… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
ANDROCLUS — Codri fil. Rex Ionum. Pausan l. 7. partem Ephesi, τρηχεῖαν dictam, oppido inclusit. Erat autem illa ἡ ύπὲρ Τὸν Κοριςςον παρώρεια, iugum collis (urbi imminens) supra Corissum, ut habet Strabo. Postea ex montanis descendentes circa Dianae Templum… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Androclus — Ạndroclus, nach einer u. a. bei A.Gellius (5, 14) überlieferten Geschichte ein entlaufener Sklave, der im 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr. den wilden Tieren vorgeworfen, aber durch einen Löwen gerettet wurde, den er einst von einem Dorn befreit hatte.… … Universal-Lexikon
Androcles — (or Androclus), is a character, who may not have been entirely fictional, in tales that describe him as a slave in the Roman Empire in the early 1st century CE, about the time of Tiberius but possibly in the reign of Caligula. The classic tale… … Wikipedia
Androcles — /an dreuh kleez /, n. Rom. Legend. a slave who was spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had long before extracted a thorn. Also, Androclus /an dreuh kleuhs/. * * * ▪ Roman legendary figure also spelled Androclus, Roman slave… … Universalium
Heraclitus — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Ancient philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Heraclitus by Johannes Moreelse. The image depicts him as the weeping philosopher wringing his hands over the world and the obscure dressed… … Wikipedia
Ionia — (Ancient Greek Ἰωνία or Ἰωνίη) is an ancient region of central coastal Anatolia in present day Turkey, the region nearest İzmir, which was historically Smyrna. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements … Wikipedia
Apion — (20s BC c. 45 AD), Graeco Egyptian grammarian, sophist and commentator on Homer, was born at the Siwa Oasis, and flourished in the first half of the 1st century AD.He studied at Alexandria, and headed one of the deputations sent to Caligula (in… … Wikipedia
Leleges — The Leleges were one of the aboriginal peoples of southwest Anatolia (compare Pelasgians ), who were already there when the Indo European Hellenes emerged. The Leleges were overcome by the Carians, according to the earliest Greek historians,See… … Wikipedia