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Samson Drugging the Cat

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Art of Samson and other historic or mythological figures drugging their pets.

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TBH, this is an excuse to dig through art archives and find neat works of art to post that are vaguely related to the topic.

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Jason and the Dragon (lemmy.sdf.org)
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Jason and the Dragon, c. 1663/1664 by Salvator Rosa.

Jason (of Jason and the Argonauts fame) canonically drugged the dragon guarding the golden fleece, with a sleeping potion.

Found at: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.53455.html

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