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a sop to Cerberus
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?
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sop
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Travis
['trævis]
Mahfuz
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Ketill
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Adalhard
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hah-KO-bo
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