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

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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fahima-Arabic
Ethna-Irish
Andreasahn-DRE-ahs (German, Swedish), ahn-DRHAY-ahs (Dutch)German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gre
Shyam-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Nepali
Elva (1)-Irish
CharoCHAH-roSpanish