What is it with this 3-Headed Dog, the Hound of Hades?
Heracles & Cerberus (Caeretan is the black-figure) Hydria C6th B.C., Musée du Louvre KERBEROS (or Cerberus) was the gigantic hound which guarded the gates of Haides. He was posted to prevent ghosts of the dead from leaving the underworld. Kerberos was described as a three-headed dog with a serpent’s tail, a mane of snakes, and…