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
Lucinaloo-SEEN-ə (English)Roman Mythology
ArchibaldAHR-chə-bawldScottish, English
Ansley-English (Modern)
Drazhan-Medieval Slavic
Gona-Kurdish
'Uzziyyah-Biblical Hebrew