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
Suhayl-Arabic
Hedwig['hedwig]
SenecaSEN-ə-kə (English)Ancient Roman
Liat-Hebrew
RhysHREES (Welsh), REES (English)Welsh
Rupertoroo-PER-toSpanish