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The Wolf and the Lamb

Name: The Wolf and the Lamb
Author: Aesop

AesopOriginal title Το αρνί και ο Λύκος (Greek)

The Wolf and the Lamb is a well-known fable of Aesop and is numbered 155 in the Perry Index. There are several variant stories of tyrannical injustice in which a victim is falsely accused and killed despite a reasonable defence.

“Any excuse will serve a tyrant.”

Aesop book The Wolf and the Lamb

The Wolf and the Lamb.

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