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?
See also: sop

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HomerHO-mər (English)English, Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Saraswati-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Iva (2)-Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Frosina-Macedonian
Almir (2)-Bosnian
Jehovahji-HO-və (English)Theology