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Cerberus & HeraklesThe last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog
Cartoon, Sin, Death, and the Devil, Vide Milton, by James Gillray. A parody of a scene from John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, showing Prime Minister William Pitt (left) as Death
Cartoon, The Problem-Picture of 1921, showing the Triple Alliance of Railways, Mines and Transport as Cerberus, the three-headed dog. Date: 1921
Three-Headed Dog - CerberuDante & Virgil throw a sop to Cerberus, the dog who guards the entrance to Hell, thus ensuring that hell not attack them as they pass. Date: First published: 1307-21?
HADES & DOG / ADLARD HADES & DOG / ADLARDHades, seated in profile with Cerberus his three-headed dog
Herakles - CerberusThe last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog
CERBERUS CHAINEDCerberus, chained by Hercules, infects the Earth with his foam
Orpheus and CerberusWith his music Orpheus charms Cerberus, the guardian of the underworld, to let him enter and rescue his wife Eurydice, whom he almost succeeds in bringing back to life
Indian python, Python molurus, and New Guinea bockadam, Cerberus rynchops.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830
Three-Headed Dog / CerberuDante & Virgil throw a sop to Cerberus, the dog who guards the entrance to Hell, thus ensuring that he ll not attack them as they pass
Hades / Dis / PlutoHades (known to the Romans as Dis or Pluto) the God of the underworld, with his three- headed dog Cerberus
Herakles and CerberusThe twelfth labour - he subdues the three-headed dog Cerberus and drags him before king Eurystheus of Tiryns
Charon (Tooke)The ferryman who carries travellers across the Styx to the Underworld, but rarely vice versa : in the foreground is Cerberus, a particularly fierce watchdog