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
PiersPEERZ (English), PEERS (English)English (British), Medieval French
FrankieFRANGK-eeEnglish
Laelius-Ancient Roman
Naveen-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Gall-History
Holger-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish