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 NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Cerberus
In Greek mythology, Hermes puts him to sleep with water from the river Lethe.
In Roman mythology, Psyche also lulled Cerberus to sleep with drugged honeycakes.
In Greek mythology, Cerberus (from Κ&, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headeded dog (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads), (sometimes) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back.
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 Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Cerberus
In contrast, Cerberus abandoned his watchdog task and lay down meekly to the strains of Orpheus's lyre when that minstrel journeyed to the Underworld in search of his dead wife Eurydice.
Cerberus was carried up from Hades by Heracles in one his Labors.
This was achieved only after a protracted battle in which the hero was mauled by the hound's fangs and menaced by snakes growing from his back and tail.
http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/entries/cerberus.html   (97 words)

  
 Cerberus - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Cerberus
The porter in his lodge answers exactly to Cerberus in his den, and, like him, must be appeased by a sop before access can be gained to his master.
And the anaemic Cerberus sized me up with so insolent an eye that I reached over and took him out of his chair.
Cerberus (sûr`bərəs), in Greek mythology, many-headed dog with a mane and a tail of snakes; offspring of Typhon and Echidna.
http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Cerberus   (202 words)

  
 CERBERUS - Online Information article about CERBERUS
Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat.
One of the tasks imposed upon Heracles was to fetch Cerberus from below to the upper world, a favourite subject of See also:
ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr.
http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/CAU_CHA/CERBERUS.html   (271 words)

  
 eTrust Spyware Encyclopedia - Cerberus Internet Scanner
Cerberus is one of the most popular Windows NT and 2000 security scanners.
In the past three months, we have received reports of Cerberus Internet Scanner in:
The automatically-generated reports, which provide the user with information on which settings are potentially dangerous and how they can be changed, are extremely valuable.
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=8208   (232 words)

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