Euribatus and Catas were legendary Spartan dogs said to embody the balance between discipline and instinct, trained alongside warriors and sent into battle with the phalanx. Remembered less for ferocity than for loyalty, they followed Spartan orders to the end, vanishing with the men they served.

The cat sits calm and unknowing within the box, made a legend not by danger itself but by the human need to imagine what cannot be seen.