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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 |
| Cade | | KAYD | English |
| Glass | | [glɑ:s] | |
| Ani | | - | Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian, Spanish |
| MaËLle | | - | French, Breton |
| Pola | | - | Polish |
| Imanol | | - | Basque |