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The Lion (French: Le Lion) is a 1958 novel by French author Joseph Kessel about a girl and her lion. The novel was translated into English by Peter Green and was made into a film starring William Holden in 1962.
Louis VIII (5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion (French: Le Lion), [a] was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As a prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216.
The English word lion is derived via Anglo-Norman liun from Latin leōnem (nominative: leō), which in turn was a borrowing from Ancient Greek λέων léōn. The Hebrew word לָבִיא lavi may also be related. [4] The generic name Panthera is traceable to the classical Latin word 'panthēra' and the ancient Greek word πάνθηρ 'panther ...
The kite and the nightingale (Le milan et le rossignol, IX.17) The Lion and the Mouse (Le lion et le rat, II.11) The Lion Grown Old, (Le lion devenu vieux, III.14) The Lion in Love (Le lion amoureux, IV.1) The lion subdued by the man (Le lion abattu par l'homme, III.10) The man and the wooden idol (L'homme et l'idole de bois, IV.8)
The lion symbolizes the heroic French resistance during the Siege of Belfort, a 103-day Prussian assault from December 1870 to February 1871. The city was successfully defended against 40,000 Prussians by merely 17,000 men (of whom only 3,500 were from the military) led by Colonel Denfert-Rochereau , with the fortress holding out until the ...
Hesiod has the Nemean lion as the offspring of Orthus and an ambiguous "she", often understood as probably referring to the Chimera, or possibly to Echidna or even Ceto. [3] According to Hesiod, the lion was raised by Hera and sent to terrorise the hills of Nemea. [4] According to Apollodorus, [5] he was the offspring of Typhon.
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The Lion, an 1828 academic journal printed and published by Richard Carlile; The Lion, a nickname for Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of United States; The Lion (locomotive), a historic steam locomotive at the Maine State Museum in Augusta, Maine