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Heracles and Cerberus Hercules and Cerberus. The twelfth and final labour was the capture of Cerberus, the multi-headed dog that was the guardian of the gates of the Underworld. To prepare for his descent into the Underworld, Heracles went to Eleusis to be initiated in the Eleusinian Mysteries. He entered the Underworld with Hermes and Athena ...
Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History, originally published as Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History is a wallchart which graphically depicts a Biblical genealogy alongside a timeline composed of historic sources from the history of humanity from 4004 BC to modern times.
Euripides (c. 480 – 406 BC) describes Cerberus as three-headed, [102] and three-bodied, [103] says that Heracles entered the underworld at Tainaron, [104] has Heracles say that Cerberus was not given to him by Persephone, but rather he fought and conquered Cerberus, "for I had been lucky enough to witness the rites of the initiated", an ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Cerberus (27 P) H. ... Hippolyta (13 P) Pages in category "Labours of Hercules" The following 13 pages are in this category ...
Cerberus is primarily known for his capture by Heracles, the last of Heracles' twelve labours. Pages in category "Cerberus" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Eurystheus was so frustrated that Heracles was completing all the tasks that he had given him that he imposed one he believed to be impossible: Heracles had to go down into the underworld of Hades and capture the ferocious three-headed dog Cerberus who guarded the gates. He used the souls to help convince Hades to hand over the dog.
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Cerberus's saliva: Wolfsbane: None According to Ovid, when Heracles went into the Underworld to retrieve the three-headed dog Cerberus, the hound struggled greatly to break free from the hero's grip. During the struggle, some of his saliva fell on the ground, poisoning the soil and giving birth to aconite, a poisonous herb used by witches such ...