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'''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. | '''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. | ||
The last of [[Herakles]]' {{Wiki|Labours of Hercules|twelve labours}} was to subdue and capture Cerberus. | |||
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]].<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" /> | ||
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Cerberus is the mythological hound of Hades, set to guard the 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.
The last of Herakles' twelve labours was to subdue and capture Cerberus.
During the Peloponnesian War a triplet of brothers called themselves the Cerberus on the island of Kos.[1] Around the same time the Spartan misthios Kassandra found sails and finery bearing the depiction of Cerberus' heads for the ship Adrestia in the sunken depths of Pavlopetri.[1]
Gallery
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A depiction of the heads of Cerberus on the finery for the ship Adrestia
Appearance
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (statue only)
Reference