A dragon watched over the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides.

He was killed by Hercules and transformed into a star by Juno.

This fact is related in some books, and if it be true, it was done by magic, for the gods of the pagans are in reality demons.
A dragon prevented barbarous and ignorant men from drinking at the fountain of Castalia.

We must also remember the dragon of Andromeda, which was slain by Perseus.

But let us turn from these pagan fables, in which error is always mixed with truth.