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Cerberus
Cerberus (also spelt Kerberos) is a vicious three-headed dog in Greek mythology, who guards the entrance to the underworld. He allowed the souls of the dead to enter Hades but prevented the living (except for a few exceptions) from entering...
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Pluto
Pluto is the god of the Underworld in Roman mythology. His Greek counterpart was Hades. Pluto chose never to sit on Olympus with the other gods and goddesses, preferring to remain in the Underworld. Family Pluto (Hades) was the son...
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Statue Group of Persephone-Isis and Pluto-Serapis with Cerberus
Statue group of Persephone (as Isis) and Pluto (as Serapis) with the three-headed dog Cerberus. From the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods at Gortyn on the island of Crete. Mid-2nd century CE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Pluto-Serapis...
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Statue of Hades and Cerberus
Statue of Hades and Cerberus, his dog. On display at the Archaeological Museum of Crete.
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Hercules Captures Cerberus
Hercules capturing Cerberus (Kerberos), the hound of Hades. Detail from a c. 530 BCE Attic black-figure amphora. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)
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Hercules and Cerberus
Hercules and Cerberus, oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, 1636.
Museo del Prado, Madrid.
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Athena, Hercules, and a Two-headed Cerberus
Athena, Hercules, and a two-headed Cerberus, with a mane down his necks and back. Hermes (not shown in the photograph) stands to the left of Athena. Attic black-figure amphora from Kameiros (Rhodes), c. 510 BCE.
Louvre, Paris.
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Cerberus Constellation
An image representing the constellation of Hercules in the Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive uranographia contained in the Prodromus Astronomiae.
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Interrelations of Kerma and Pharaonic Egypt
The vacillating nature of Ancient Egypt's associations with the Kingdom of Kerma may be described as one of expansion and contraction; a virtual tug-of-war between rival cultures. Structural changes in Egypt's administration led to alternating...
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The Life of Hercules in Myth & Legend
Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek hero Herakles, the most popular figure from ancient Greek mythology. Hercules was the son of Zeus, king of the gods, and the mortal woman Alcmene. Zeus, who was always chasing one woman or another...