god
Cerberus
The monstrous many-headed hound that guards the entrance of the underworld. Lucretius lists him among the hell-figures that "are nowhere and cannot be," the real hell being the fearful conscience.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of Things §4.54 Cerberus
The many-headed hound of the underworld; his 'dog-faces' are listed among the phantoms stitched from stray films.