Androcles there a story told by Apion in his lost work "Aegyptiacorum" (Wonders of Egypt), the events of which Apion claimed to have personally witnessed in Rome. In this version, Androclus (going by the Latin variation of the name), is a runaway slave of a former Roman consul administering a part of Africa. He takes shelter in a cave, which turns out to be the den of a wounded lion, from whose paw he removes a large thorn. In gratitude, the lion becomes tame towards him and henceforward shares his catch with the slave. After three years, Androclus craves a return
Raven: A Trickster Tale From The Pacific Northwest saying, "With this masterfully executed reworking, McDermott adds to the folktale bookshelf a work in the grand tradition." "Horn Book Magazine" stating that "The naive view suits the simplicity of the scheme, and the mythic elements of the story are masterfully rendered." In a section of "The New York Times" Gerald McDermott is praised along with his works of fiction saying, "McDermott is not only a picture-book artist of the first-rank, but also one of our most gifted retellers of myth and folk tale." Raven: A Trickster Tale From The Pacific Northwest Raven: A Trickster Tale From The Pacific Northwest