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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 |
Audovacar | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Herk | | - | Various |
Livie | | - | French, Czech |
Osamu | | o-sah-moo | Japanese |
Wilma | | VIL-mah (German, Dutch), WIL-mah (Dutch), WIL-mə (English) | German, Dutch, English |
Subramanian | | - | Tamil |