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a sop to Cerberus
a sop to Cerberus
A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Homer | | HO-mər (English) | English, Ancient Greek (Anglicized) |
Saraswati | | - | Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi |
Iva (2) | | - | Czech, Slovak, Slovene |
Frosina | | - | Macedonian |
Almir (2) | | - | Bosnian |
Jehovah | | ji-HO-və (English) | Theology |