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
Konstanze-German
Emilis-Lithuanian
Tarek-Arabic
EmÍLia-Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Eun-Jeonguwn-jungKorean
AmelieAH-me-lee, ah-me-LEEGerman