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
Eyvindur-Icelandic
Surinder-Indian (Sikh)
FrejaFRIE-ah (Danish, German), FRAY-ah (Swedish)Danish, Swedish, German
AndrÉA-Portuguese (Brazilian)
DenverDEN-vərEnglish
Terence['terəns]