Κέρβερος

Κέρβερος, ὁ,

• Cerberus, the many-headed dog of Hades, Hes. Th. 311, etc.
• • II name of a bird, Ant.Lib. 19.3.

Κέρβερος hundred headed dog of the underworld. test., Σ Hom., Θ 368: Πίνδαρος μὲν οὖν ἑκατόν, Ἡσίοδος δὲ πεντήκοντα ἔχειν αὐτὸν (= Κέρβερον) κεφαλάς φησιν fr. 249b ad Δ. 2. v. fr. 249a ad Δ. 2, cf. titulum.

Κέρβερος, ὁ,

• Cerberus, the fifty-headed dog of Hades, which guarded the gate of the nether world, Hes.; later, with three heads or bodies, Eur.