Cerberus (), or Kerberos, ( Greek form: Κέρβερος, ) in Greek and Roman mythology, is a multi-headed hound ( usually three-headed ) which guards the gates of the Underworld, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping.

For the eleventh labour Heracles had to steal the Apples of the Hesperides ; his final labour was to capture Cerberus, the three-headed hound that guarded the entrance to Hades.

He owned a two-headed hound named Orthrus, which was the brother of Cerberus, and a herd of magnificent red cattle that were guarded by Orthrus, and a herder Eurytion, son of Erytheia.

To find a reliable path to Hades, Dionysus seeks advice from his half-brother Heracles, who had been there before in order to retrieve the hell hound Cerberus.

The gun was named Cerberus in reference to the multi-headed hound with the same name from Greek and Roman mythology ; the gun has three barrels as Cerberus has three heads.

Furious that Hercules had accomplished something that Eurystheus thought could not possibly be done, he sent Hercules off to his final task, the capture of Cerberus, the three-headed guardian hound of the gates of the Underworld.

It even has a large black, vicious-looking hound at the entrance called Cerberus.

Although the Greeks and Romans typically scorned Egypt's animal-headed gods as bizarre and primitive ( Anubis was known to be mockingly called " Barker " by the Greeks ), Anubis was sometimes associated with Sirius in the heavens, and Cerberus in Hades.

Cerberus was always employed as Hades ' loyal watchdog, and guarded the gates that granted access and exit to the underworld

Heracles found Hades and asked permission to bring Cerberus to the surface, which Hades agreed to if Heracles could overpower the beast without using weapons.

In this vase painting, Heracles leads a two-headed Cerberus out of Hades.

A statue in the Galleria Borghese depicts Cerberus with three heads sitting by the side of Hades, while a bronze sculpture depicting Heracles ' twelfth labour shows the demi-god leading a two-headed Cerberus from the underworld.

The yawning gates of Hades were guarded by the monstrous watchdog Cerberus, whose function was to prevent the living from entering the underworld, and the dead from leaving it.

* Cerberus, another one of Typhon's sons was a three-headed dog that was employed by Hades as the guardian of the passage way to and from the Underworld.

In Hades, his is the only shade that does not flee Heracles, who has come after Cerberus.

* Cerberus: The watchdog of Hades, it is an oracular metaphor for Cleon ( line 1030 ) and it receives a mention in two other plays.

A mosaic depicting the hero Herakles with Cerberus, a three headed dog, who, according to mythology, guarded Hades.

After the fight, Hades sends Cerberus to attack Cloud and Sora, who are then saved by Hercules.

At the gate, there is a dog named Cerberus, after the three-headed dog of Hades in Greek mythology.

Hercules found Hades and asked permission to bring Cerberus to the surface, which Hades agreed to if Hercules could overpower the beast without using weapons.

The Epicureans believed that the soul was a thin tissue of atoms that dissipated into the cosmos upon death, and that conventional mythological views of the afterlife and its geography and inhabitants were inane fictions — a view encapsulated by a funeral inscription at Rome that reads: Do not go forth nor pass along without reading me ; but stop, listen to me and do not leave before you have been instructed: there is no crossing ferry to Hades, nor Charon the ferryman, nor Aeacus holding the keys, nor the dog Cerberus.

In 1905 he published Cerberus, the Dog of Hades, a study in comparative mythology.

Cerberus | Kerberos guarding the entrance to the courtyard

* Kerberos, a more common name for Cerberus ( Cardcaptor Sakura )

" The presence of Cerberus ( Kerberos ) at Taenarum ( Tainaron ) is mentioned by Strabōn, Statios, and Seneca.

In the ancient Greek myth about the Labours of Hercules, the hero Hercules had to travel to the underworld to capture Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog, as one of his tasks.

Cerberus featured in many works of ancient Greek and Roman literature and in works of both ancient and modern art and architecture, although the depiction and background surrounding Cerberus often differed across various works by different authors of the era.

Cerberus was the offspring of Echidna, a hybrid half-woman and half-serpent, and Typhon, a fire-breathing giant whom even the Greek gods feared.

The common depiction of Cerberus in Greek mythology and art is as having three heads.

Cerberus featured in many prominent works of Greek and Roman literature, most famously in Virgil's Aeneid, Peisandros of Rhodes ' epic poem the Labours of Hercules, the story of Orpheus in Plato's Symposium, and in Homer's Iliad, which is the only known reference to one of Heracles ' labours which first appeared in a literary source.

Numerous references to Cerberus have appeared in ancient Greek and Roman art, found in archaeological ruins and often including in statues and architecture, inspired by the mythology of the creature.

A 2nd century CE Greek known as Heraclitus the paradoxographer --- not to be confused with the 5th century BCE Greek philosopher Heraclitus --- claimed Euhemeristically that Cerberus had two pups which were never away from their father, as such Cerberus was in fact a normal ( however very large ) dog but artists incorporating the two pups into their work made it appear as if his two children were in fact extra heads.

In Greek mythology, Orthrus ( Orthros ) or Orthus ( Orthos ) () was a two-headed dog and a doublet (" brother ") of Cerberus, both whelped by the chthonic monsters Echidna and Typhon.

In Greek mythology, it was also the name of an underground cavern, through which Heracles dragged Cerberus as one of his Twelve Labors.

Bruce Lincoln brings together Garmr and the Greek mythological dog Cerberus, deriving both names from a Proto-Indo-European root * ger-" to growl " ( perhaps with the suffixes -* m /* b and -* r ).

With his ( i. e., Osiris ') wife, Isis, and their son ( at this point in history ) Horus ( in the form of Harpocrates ), Serapis won an important place in the Greek world, reaching Ancient Rome, with Anubis being identified as Cerberus.

* Bine ( mythology ), a guardian of hell in Akkadian mythology, comparable with Cerberus from Greek mythology

Concerning his name, it is unclear if there is an association with the Greek Cerberus.

Many of the game's elements are inspired by Greek mythology or ancient Roman culture such as weapons, equipment, items and enemy designs ; Princess Athena herself is named after the Greek goddess Athena, while Dante is based on Cerberus.

According to Greek mythology, the cave guarded by the three-headed dog Cerberus is located near the town.

He appears to be King Hades ' right-hand in the series ( Kerberos, Sir Charon and Thanatos were never mentioned there ) and his most direct subordinates are the assassin Kaori and Ryu's caretaker, Yurie.