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There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.

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Aesop
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Fabulist
Mythographer
Philosopher
Mesambria Pontica
Aesopus
Esop
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Different
Men
Slaying
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Statues
Lions
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