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