Cerberus -Three-Headed Dog of Hades - Guarding Underworld to prevent the souls of the departed from escaping - Copper Plated Alabaster

Item Specifics

Condition: New
Material: Copper Plated Alabaster
Height: 16 cm - 6,3 inches
Width: 11 cm - 4,3 inches
Length: 17 cm - 6,7 inches
Weight: 790 g

KERBEROS (Cerberus) was the gigantic, three-headed hound of Haides which guarded the gates of the underworld and prevented the escape of the shades of the dead.
Kerberos was depicted as a three-headed dog with a serpent's tail, mane of snakes, and a lion's claws. According to some he had fifty heads although this count may have included the serpents of his mane.
Herakles (Heracles) was sent to fetch Kerberos as one of his twelve labours, a task which he accomplished with the aid of the goddess Persephone.Kerberos' name perhaps means "Death-Daemon of the Dark" from the ancient Greek words kêr and erebos.