Peritas (Greek: Περίτας) was Alexander the Great's favorite dog, who accompanied him during his military exploits.
Like Alexander's horse Bucephalus, Peritas was awarded a city named in his honor, with a monument to his glory in its central square.
Peritas may also have been a Laconian, a classic ancient Greek hunting dog,[5] as depicted in the mosaic.
According to Pliny, it was the king of Caucasian Albania who delighted Alexander by giving him a dog which had attacked and beaten both a lion and an elephant.
The dog then calmly accepted its fate without making a sound, and continued to have a firm bite on the lion until it had succumbed to its loss of blood.