IMAGE GALLERYThe dragon guarding the golden fleece, mentioned in Apollonius's Argonautica.
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Ancient Greek mosaic from Caulonia, Italy, depicting a cetus or sea-dragon.
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Saint George Killing the Dragon, 1434/35, by Bernat Martorell (d. 1452).
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A dragon illustration in a 1460 edition of the Medieval Liber Floridus.
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The Order of the Dragon was created to defend Europe against invading Ottoman Turks in the 15th century. Image: Prince Fruzhin of Bulgaria, painting by anonymous, late XIX century, Sofia Art Gallery.
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Zmey Gorynych, the Russian three-headed dragon.
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15th-century Persian miniature of Rostam slaying a dragon.
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A beast, by Paolo Uccello (1397-1475).
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The Tarasque, the legendary monster tamed in a story a
