Perhaps trying to reconcile these competing traditions, Apollodorus's Cerberus has three dog heads and the heads of 'all sorts of snakes' along his back, while the Byzantine poet John Tzetzes (who probably based his account on Apollodorus) gives Cerberus fifty heads, three of which were dog heads, the rest being the 'heads of other beasts of all sorts'. An exception is the Latin poet Horace's Cerberus which has a single dog head, and one hundred snake heads. However, later writers almost universally give Cerberus three heads. 8th – 7th century BC), Cerberus has fifty heads, while Pindar (c. In the earliest description of Cerberus, Hesiod's Theogony (c. And, like these close relatives, Cerberus was, with only the rare iconographic exception, multi-headed. His father was the multi snake-headed Typhon, and Cerberus was the brother of three other multi-headed monsters, the multi-snake-headed Lernaean Hydra Orthrus, the two-headed dog who guarded the Cattle of Geryon and the Chimera, who had three heads, that of a lion, a goat, and a snake.

Cerberus was usually three-headed, though not always. When i have time i prepare the parts to one way printing.Ītm u must adjust the parts in your slicer to print them.Descriptions of Cerberus vary, including the number of his heads. The arms, feets, foots and legs must be mirrored. Cerberus had several multi-headed relatives.

Cerberus is primarily known for his capture by Heracles, one of Heracles' twelve labours.'ĭescriptions of Cerberus vary, including the number of his heads. Cerberus was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon, and usually is described as having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from parts of his body. 'In Greek mythology, Cerberus, often called the 'hound of Hades', is the monstrous multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving.

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