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Cerberus

In Greek mythology, Cerberus (/ˈsɜːrbərəs/ ⓘ or /ˈkɜːrbərəs/; Ancient Greek: Κέρβερος Kérberos ), often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. He was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon, and was usually described as having three heads, a serpent for a…

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Cerberus rationalized

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related to Cerberus rationalized · 30
Cerberus → According, After, At, BC, But, Eurystheus, Geryon, Geryon's, Greek, Greek Tricarenia, Hades, Hecataeus, Heracles, Homer, Homer's, Hound, In, Miletus, Molossus, Mycenaen
related to Exit from the underworld · 26
Cerberus → AD, Another, Apollodorus, BC, Dionysus, Enraged, Euphorion, Euripides, Heraclea, Heraclea Pontica, Heracles, Herodorus, Ovid, Ovid's, Pausanias, Scythia, Semele, Seneca, Seneca's Cerberus, Strabo
related to Etymology · 23
Cerberus → An, Another, Austro-Asiatic, Beekes, Daniel Ogden, Garmr, Greek, However, Indo-European, It, Kerberos, Lincoln, Manfred Mayrhofer, Norse, Ogden, Proto-Indo-European, Sanskrit, Servius, The, This
related to Theseus and Pirithous · 23
Cerberus → According, Along, Apollodorus, BC, Both, Chair, Diodorus, Euripides, Fabulae, Finally, Forgetfulness, Hades, Hades's, Heracles, Hyginus, In, Olympia, Persephone, Philochorus, Pirithous
related to Twelfth Labour of Heracles · 22
Cerberus → According, And, Apollodorus, As, Athens, Critias, Diodorus, Diodorus Siculus, Eleusinian Mysteries, Eleusis, Eumolpus, Euripides, Eurystheus, Hades, Heracles, Homer, In, Musaeus, Mysteries, Orpheus
related to Descriptions · 21
Cerberus → An, And, Apollodorus, Apollodorus's Cerberus, BC, Byzantine, Cattle, Chimera, Descriptions, Geryon, Hesiod's Theogony, Horace's Cerberus, However, In, John Tzetzes, Latin, Lernaean Hydra, Orthrus, Perhaps, Pindar
related to Principal sources · 20
Cerberus → According, Argos, Athena, BC, BC-lost Corinthian, Echidna, Eurystheus, Hades, Heracles, Hermes, Hesiod, Hesiod's Theogony, Homer, Homer's Iliad, However, Laconia, Odyssey, Stesichorus, The, Typhon
related to Iconography · 19
Cerberus → Argos, Athena, BC, BC Laconian, Corinthian, Crete, Greek, Hades, He, Heracles, Here Cerberus, Hermes, Hunt Painter, Many, On, One, Persephone, Roman, The
related to Presented to Eurystheus, returned to Hades · 16
Cerberus → Alexandria, Apollodorus, Argive, Argolis, Diodorus Siculus, Euphorion, Eurystheus, Greece, Heracles, Hesychius, However, In, Juno, Midea, Seneca, Then
related to Cerberus allegorized · 14
Cerberus → All, Eusebius, Fugentius, Fulgentius, Greek, Heracles, Later, Servius, The, The Byzantine, The Second Vatican Mythographer, Third Vatican Mythographer, Vatican Mythographers, Virgil's Aeneid

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Cerberusrelated to CaptureThere0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureHeracles0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureAccording0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureApollodorus0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureHades0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureIn0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureHomer0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureIliad0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureIron0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureConsistent0.60section
Cerberusrelated to CaptureBC0.60section
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