god
Cerberus
also: belua centiceps
The many-headed hound guarding the underworld, charmed by the song of Sappho and Alcaeus.
Reading notes
- The Odes §2.13 hundred-headed beast
Cerberus (here 'hundred-headed'), the underworld hound stilled by the Lesbian poets' song.
- The Odes §2.19 Cerberus
The underworld hound who fawned 'harmless' on Bacchus as he passed.
- The Odes §3.11 doorkeeper
Cerberus, the underworld hound, who gave way to Mercury's coaxing song.