The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance -- against whom or what does not clearly appear; everybody, sooner or later, had to go there, and nobody wanted to carry off the entrance. Cerberus is known to have had three heads, and some of the poets have credited him with as many as a hundred. Professor Graybill, whose clerky erudition and profound knowledge of Greek give his opinion great weight, has averaged all the estimates, and makes the number twenty-seven -- a judgment that would be entirely conclusive is Professor Graybill had known (a) something about dogs, and (b) something about arithmetic.
A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.
In Greek mythology, the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld.
three-headed dog that guarded the gate of Hades
Cerberus is a three-headed guard dog in Greek & Roman mythology. It has come to be known as 'any vigilant custodian or guardian'.
Cerberus, the hound of the underworld, stood guard at the gates of Hades and prevented those not permitted from entering. He is usually described as a beast with three heads and the tail of a dragon. When Aeneas journied to the lower regions under the guidance of the Sibyl, he brought along a medicated cake to drug the animal and insure their safe passage. To throw a sop to Cerberus means to give a bribe and thereby ward off an unpleasant situation.
Gaffered / Underworld] Sixth and final pitch of Gaffered to the Walls series.
was three headed dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld in Greek legends. The picture shows Hercules son of the god Zeus fighting with the creature.
Three headed dog, guardian of Hades.
(Greek mythology) 3-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
a massive, black, three-headed dog
A magickal (possibly demonic) dog with multiple heads.
Cerberus was a constellation created by Hevelius. It was depicted as a three-headed snake that Hercules is holding in his hand. The constellation is no longer in use.
Cerberus, the guardian of the underworld from Greek mythology, is a popular icon in modern language, literature, film, games and art.