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CERBERUS

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 760 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAU-CHA
CERBERUS , in
Greek
 
mythology
 , the dog who guarded the entrance to the
lower
  world. He allowed all to enter, but seized those who attempted to escape. According to
Hesiod
  (Theog. 311), he was a fifty-headed
monster
  with a fearful bark, the offspring of
Typhon
  and Echidna. He was variouslyrepresented with one, two or (usually) three heads, often with the tail of a snake or with
snakes
  growing from his head or twined
round
  his
body
 . One of the tasks imposed upon Heracles was to fetch Cerberus from below to the upper world, a favourite subject of ancient vase-paintings.


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