O false mordrour, lurkynge in thy den!
O newe Scariot, newe Genylon,
False dissymulour, o Greek Synon.

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. Russell the Fox has broken into the farmyard. In keeping with the tone of this brilliant mock heroic parody tale, the Nun’s Priest describes the Fox in terms of other infamous traitors: a new Judas Iscariot, second Ganelon, Greek Sinon, false murderer and false deceiver.