Cerberus (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Cerberus (/ˈsɜːrbərəs/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Κέρβερος Kérberos [ˈkerberos]) may refer to a character and a mythical canine:

• Cerberus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Same along with other 22 wooers.^[2] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[3]
• Cerberus, the three-headed hound of the Underworld.^[4]

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• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.

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