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Cerberos, also spelled Cerberus, is a mythical three-headed dog who guards the gates to the Underworld in Greek mythology.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Mythology[edit | edit source]

The fame of the creature survived into the Greek mythology as the hound of Hades, set to guard the Greek underworld to prevent the dead from fleeing back to the land of the living.^[1]

The last of Herakles' twelve labours for King Eurystheas of Mycenae was to subdue and take back Cerberos from the underworld.^[2] After preparing for the journey by visiting the Sanctuary of Eleusis in Attika, and participating in the Eleusinian Mysteries, Herakles made his way to Cape Tenaron.^[2]

After conquering the beast with his bare hands, Herakles brought Cerberos to Eurystheas. The beast was then returned to Hades.^[2]

Simulation[edit | edit source]

In a simulation created by the Isu Aletheia, Persephone had a dog companion named Ros, which was given to her by Hades. Ros was transformed into Cerberos by Persephone after she threw an artifact into a well for Ros to fetch. Cerberos confronted the misthios Kassandra, who was tossed through the well by Persephone, and was later defeated by her. As she did so, she took out the artifact from Ros' collar, effectively killing him.^[3]

Influence and legacy[edit | edit source]

During the Peloponnesian War, a triplet of brothers called themselves the Cerberus on the island of Kos. Around the same time, the misthios Kassandra found sails and finery bearing the depiction of Cerberos' heads for the ship Adrestia in the sunken depths of Pavlopetri.^[4]

Meanwhile, the Greek seas were roamed by ships displaying likeness of Cerberos on their sails. The pirate ships Shadowed Nymph and Hekate's Grace unfurled their sails while advancing on their targets.^[5]

One of Layla Hassan's Animus modifications allowed Kassandra to obtain a harness said to have been made from scraps of Cerberos' fur.^[4]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

Cerberos is regarded as the offspring of Typhon and Echidna, like his brother Orthos, another many-headed dog in Greek mythology, among other monstrous creatures in Greek mythology.

The painting featuring Herakles bringing Cerberos to Eurystheas, as seen in Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece, is from a Caeretan hydria from around 530 BCE.^[2]

The etymological origin of the name Cerberos is contested; however one theory is that it's derived from a Proto-Indo-European root for 'spot'. Other theories include PIE root meaning 'to growl', and the Greek words meaning 'flesh-devouring', and 'evil of the pit'.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Sculp of Cerberos
Sculp of Cerberos
Sculp of Cerberos
Sculp of Cerberos
Sculp of Cerberos
Sculp of Cerberos
Model of Cerberos
Statue of Hades with Cerberos in Elis
A depiction of the heads of Cerberus on the finery for the ship Adrestia
The Shadowed Nymph and her sail featuring Cerberus
The Hekate's Grace and her sail featuring Cerberus' heads
Cerberos
A painting from 6th century BCE featuring Herakles bringing Cerberos to Eurystheas

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (statue only)
- The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium (simulation only)
- The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades (simulation only)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Lakonia: Tainaros
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Elis: Cerberos
↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Bounty on a Pirate Ship

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Characters

Assassins	Layla Hassan • Victoria Bibeau • Kiyoshi Takakura • Alannah Ryan • Harlan Cunningham \| Amunet \| Kassandra (Ikaros) • Darius

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Factions

Assassins (Layla Hassan's cell | Protectors of Persia) | Templars (Abstergo Industries • Sigma Team | Order of the Ancients) • Cult of Kosmos • Delian League • Peloponnesian League • Achaemenid Empire • Minor factions (Daughters of Artemis • Followers of Ares • The Dagger • Periklean Circle)

Locations

United Kingdom (London) | Egypt (Giza) | Isu Locations (Atlantis (Gateway to the Lost City) • Ancient Forge • Cave of Mt. Zas • Cave of the Forgotten Isle • Myson Cave • Nisyros • Sphinx Lair • Labyrinth of Lost Souls • Petrified Temple • Teichos of Herakles) • Greece • Aegean Sea (Andros) • Volcanic Islands (Thera • Anaphi • Nisyros) • Krete (Messara (Gortyn) • Pephka) • Kythera Island • Melos • Attika Peninsula (Attika (Athens • Dekelia • Lavrio • Port of Piraeus) • Boeotia (Lake Kopais • Mykalessos • Orchomenos • Thebes) • Megaris (Megara • Pagai)) • Forest Islands (Thasos • Abantis Islands (Euboea • Skyros) • Petrified Islands (Chios • Lesbos)) • Kephallonia Islands (Kephallonia (Sami) • Ithaka) • Korinthian Gulf • Peloponnese (Arkadia (Tegea) • Argolis (Argos • Epidauros) • Achaia (Dyme • Patrai • Pellene) • Elis • Korinthia (Korinth) • Lakonia (Sparta) • Messenia) • Pirate Islands (Keos (Koressia) • Seriphos • Lestris) • Paradise Islands (Delos • Mykonos • Naxos Island • Paros Island) • Southern Sporades (Samos • Kradia Isle • Kos) • Northern Greece (Lokris • Makedonia (Amphipolis • Potidaia) • Malis • Phokis (Kirrha)) • Afterlife (Elysium • Underworld)

Events

Search for the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus | Peloponnesian War (Battle of Amphipolis • Battle of Pylos) • Plague of Athens | Greco-Persian Wars (Battle of Thermopylae)

Terms and concepts

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DLC

The Blind King • Secrets of Greece • Legacy of the First Blade (Hunted • Shadow Heritage • Bloodline) • The Fate of Atlantis (Fields of Elysium • Torment of Hades • Judgment of Atlantis) • The Lost Tales of Greece • Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece

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+|image = ACOD Cerberos render.png
+|active = Simulation of [[Elysium]]
+|species = [[Dog]]
+|affiliates = [[Hades]]<br>[[Persephone]]<br>[[Olympos Project]]
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+'''Cerberos''', also spelled '''Cerberus''', is a mythical three-headed [[dog]] who guards the gates to the [[Underworld]] in [[Greece|Greek]] [[Greek mythology|mythology]].
-[[File:ElisHades.jpg|thumb|250px|Statue of Hades with Cerberus in [[Elis]]]]
+==Biography==
-'''Cerberus''' is the mythological [[dog|hound]] of [[Hades]], set to guard the [[Greece|Greek]] underworld to prevent the dead from fleeing back to the land of the living. He is often depicted with three heads, along with a [[snake]] for a tail.
+===Mythology===
+The fame of the creature survived into the Greek mythology as the hound of [[Hades]], set to guard the Greek underworld to prevent the dead from fleeing back to the land of the living.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Lakonia|Lakonia: Tainaros]]</ref>
-The last of [[Herakles]]' [[Labours of Hercules|twelve labours]] was to subdue and take back Cerberus from the underworld.
+The last of [[Herakles]]' [[Labours of Hercules|twelve labours]] for King [[Eurystheas]] of [[Mycenae]] was to subdue and take back Cerberos from the underworld.<ref name="DT">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Elis|Elis: Cerberos]]</ref> After preparing for the journey by visiting the [[Sanctuary of Eleusis]] in [[Attika]], and participating in the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]], Herakles made his way to [[Tainaros|Cape Tenaron]].<ref name="DT"/>
+After conquering the beast with his bare hands, Herakles brought Cerberos to Eurystheas. The beast was then returned to Hades.<ref name="DT"/>
+===Simulation===
+[[File:ACOD FoA ToH Guardian of the Gates 03.png|thumb|250px|Cerberos confronting Kassandra]]
+In a simulation created by the Isu [[Aletheia]], [[Persephone]] had a dog companion named [[Ros]], which was given to her by Hades. Ros was transformed into Cerberos by Persephone after she threw an [[Atlantis artifact|artifact]] into a well for Ros to fetch. Cerberos confronted the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]], who was tossed through the well by Persephone, and was later defeated by her. As she did so, she took out the artifact from Ros' collar, effectively killing him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades]]''</ref>
 ==Influence and legacy==
-During the [[Peloponnesian War]] a triplet of brothers called themselves the [[Cerberus brothers|Cerberus]] on the island of [[Kos]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> Around the same time the [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] found sails and finery bearing the depiction of Cerberus' heads for the ship ''[[Adrestia]]'' in the sunken depths of [[Pavlopetri]].<ref name="ACOd" />
+During the [[Peloponnesian War]], a triplet of brothers called themselves the [[Cerberus brothers|Cerberus]] on the island of [[Kos]]. Around the same time, the ''misthios'' Kassandra found sails and finery bearing the depiction of Cerberos' heads for the ship ''[[Adrestia]]'' in the sunken depths of [[Pavlopetri]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
+Meanwhile, the Greek seas were roamed by ships displaying likeness of Cerberos on their sails. The [[Piracy|pirate]] ships ''[[Shadowed Nymph]]'' and ''[[Hekate's Grace]]'' unfurled their sails while advancing on their targets.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Bounty on a Pirate Ship]]</ref>
-Meanwhile, the Greek seas were roamed by ships displaying likeness of Cerberus on their sails. The [[Piracy|pirate]] ships ''[[Shadowed Nymph]]'' and ''[[Hekate's Grace]]'' unfurled their sails while advancing on their targets.<ref name="ACOd" />
+One of [[Layla Hassan]]'s [[Animus]] [[Animus mod|modifications]] allowed Kassandra to obtain a [[Mighty Harness|harness]] said to have been made from scraps of Cerberos' fur.<ref name="ACOd" />
-==Trivia==
+==Behind the scenes==
-*[[Typhon]] is often considered the father of Cerberus, making him a sibling to other monstrous creatures in Greek mythology, including the [[Nemean Lion]], the [[Lernaean Hydra]], the [[Sphinx|Theban Sphinx]], and the [[Chimera]].
+Cerberos is regarded as the offspring of [[Typhon]] and {{Wiki|Echidna (mythology)|Echidna}}, like his brother [[Orthos]], another many-headed dog in Greek mythology, among other monstrous creatures in Greek mythology.
+The [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herakles_Kerberos_Eurystheus_Louvre_E701.jpg painting] featuring Herakles bringing Cerberos to Eurystheas, as seen in ''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'', is from a {{Wiki|Caere}}tan {{Wiki|hydria}} from around 530 BCE.<ref name="DT" />
+The etymological origin of the name Cerberos is contested; however one theory is that it's derived from a Proto-Indo-European root for 'spot'. Other theories include PIE root meaning 'to growl', and the Greek words meaning 'flesh-devouring', and 'evil of the pit'.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery captionalign="center" position="center">
+ACOD Cerberos Sculp 1.jpg|Sculp of Cerberos
+ACOD Cerberos Sculp 2.jpg|Sculp of Cerberos
+ACOD Cerberos Sculp 3.jpg|Sculp of Cerberos
+ACOD Cerberos Sculp 4.jpg|Sculp of Cerberos
+ACOD Cerberos Head Sculp 1.jpg|Sculp of Cerberos
+ACOD Cerberos Head Sculp 2.jpg|Sculp of Cerberos
+ACOD Cerberos Model.jpg|Model of Cerberos
+ElisHades.jpg|Statue of Hades with Cerberos in [[Elis]]
 Ship-HoundsofHades.jpg|A depiction of the heads of Cerberus on the finery for the ship ''Adrestia''
 ACOD Shadowed Nymph.jpg|The ''Shadowed Nymph'' and her sail featuring Cerberus
 ACOD Hekate's Grace.jpg|The ''Hekate's Grace'' and her sail featuring Cerberus' heads
+ACOD FoA ToH Cerberos.jpg|Cerberos
+ACOd-DT-HeraklesKerberosEurystheasCaeretanHydria.jpg|A painting from 6th century BCE featuring Herakles bringing Cerberos to Eurystheas
 </gallery>
-==Appearance==
+==Appearances==
-*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{c|statue only}}
+*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{C|statue only}}
+**''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]'' {{C|simulation only}}
+**''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades]]'' {{C|simulation only}}
-==Reference==
+==References==
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+[[Category:Isu servants]]