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 * __ Cerberus! __**

Cerberus the giant three headed dog who guarded Haides from all living beings. He was put to guard all spirits of the dead from ever escaping the underworld. Cerberus was said to be a three-headed dog with a serpent's tail, a mane of snakes, and a lion's claws. In some cases (Theogony) Cerberus was said to have 50 heads. Hercules’s last labor (12) was to capture Cerberus without the use of weapons. In the traditional version, Hercules wouldn’t have had to capture Cerberus, except that Eurystheus discounted the completion of two of Hercules’s tasks for he had received help. Hercules found Hades and asked permission to bring Cerberus to the surface, which Hades agreed to if Heracles could overpower Cerberus without using weapons. Heracles was able to overpower Cerberus and proceeded to sling the beast over his back, dragging him out of the underworld through a cavern entrance in the Peloponnese and bringing him to Eurystheus. The king was so scared of the three headed dog that he jumped into the pithos, and told Hercules to return the dog in return to be released from his labors.
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