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

Capturing Cerberus, without using weapons, was the final labour assigned to Heracles ( Hercules ) by King Eurystheus, in recompense for the killing of his own children by Megara after he was driven insane by Hera, and therefore was the most dangerous and difficult.

Heracles was able to overpower Cerberus and proceeded to sling the beast over his back, dragging it out of the underworld through a cavern entrance in the Peloponnese and bringing it to Eurystheus.

Most occurrences in ancient literature revolve around the basis of the threat of Cerberus being overcome to allow a living being access to the underworld ; in the Aeneid Cerberus was lulled to sleep after being tricked into eating drugged honeycakes and Orpheus put the creature to sleep with his music.

Capturing Cerberus alive was the twelfth and final labour of Heracles.

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.

Mythologers have speculated that if Cerberus was given his name in Trikarenos it could be interpreted as " three karenos ".

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.

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.

Proserpina played her cetra to quiet Cerberus, but Orpheus did not respect her order never to look back, and Eurydice was lost.

The brand was sold to Chrysler Corporation in 1928, passed through the short-lived DaimlerChrysler merger of 1998 – 2007 as part of the Chrysler Group, was a part of Chrysler LLC owned by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity investment firm, and is now a part of the Chrysler Group LLC, which has an alliance with Fiat.

In Spring 2007, DaimlerChrysler reached an agreement with Cerberus Capital Management to dump its Chrysler Group subsidiary, of which the Dodge division was a part.

In 2007, when the Chrysler group was sold off to Cerberus Capital Management ( see below ), the name of the parent company was changed to simply " Daimler AG ".

When the Chrysler Group was subsequently sold off to Cerberus Capital Management and renamed Chrysler LLC in August 2007, the name of the parent company was changed to simply Daimler AG within two months.

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.

Serpent elements figure among his offspring ; among his children by Echidna are: Cerberus ( a monstrous three-headed dog with a snake for a tail and a serpentine mane ); the serpent-tailed Chimaera ; the serpent-like chthonic water beast Lernaean Hydra ; and the hundred-headed serpentine dragon Ladon.

Usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat arising from its back, and a tail that ended in a snakes's head, the Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra.

Aeacus laments Heracles's theft of Cerberus and sentences Dionysus to Acheron and torment by hounds of Cocytus, Echidna, the Tartesian eel, and Tithrasian Gorgons.

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.

According to some sources, it was he rather than Typhon that sired, with Echidna, further chthonic monstrous creatures: the Chimera, the Sphinx, the Lernaean Hydra, and even, Hesiod says, the Nemean lion, and Cerberus.

A fire-breathing Cerberus demon created by Impus to cause Mt.

Azul and Shalua Rui, both of whom would have a central role in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII also appear.

" On the other hand, Eurogamer's Rob Fahey criticized him as not being familiar enough to players, even to Final Fantasy VII players, to warrant his role as protagonist in Dirge of Cerberus.

Even after Clark's defeat, these rogue operations continue to experiment with the technology to create even more powerful ships, one of which was responsible for the destruction of the Cerberus, a ship of which Matthew Gideon ( then an ensign, later captain of the Excalibur ) was the only survivor.

GameSpot stated that Dirge of Cerberus " does have a few interesting and even entertaining moments, but will ultimately leave action game fans and Final Fantasy fans feeling unfulfilled.

In chapter 5 Poirot also remembers Count Vera Rossakoff ’ s " exotic splendour ... even in decay ", something that he has only observed in The Capture of Cerberus, also from The Labours of Hercules.

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

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 (), 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.

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.

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.

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.

* Cerberus, the hound of Hades ( Kerberos in Greek )

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.