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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 |
| Eyvindur | | - | Icelandic |
| Surinder | | - | Indian (Sikh) |
| Freja | | FRIE-ah (Danish, German), FRAY-ah (Swedish) | Danish, Swedish, German |
| AndrÉA | | - | Portuguese (Brazilian) |
| Denver | | DEN-vər | English |
| Terence | | ['terəns] | |