Further Resources: Cerberus

• Read Apollodorus' description of this labor.

• See the catalog description of the Cerberus Metope on the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.

• Look up Cerberus in the Perseus digital library.

• See the catalog description of the vase with Hercules and Cerberus from Toledo.

• Read the Hesiod quote about Cerberus in context.

• Read what Pausanias says about Cerberus being a serpent, not a hound.

• See the catalog description of the vase with Kerberos from the Louvre.

• See the site description of Eleusis.

• Read the about the Eleusinian Mysteries in the Historical Overview.

• See the catalog description of the vase with Hercules and Kerberos from the Louvre.

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