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A [[dog]], better described as a ''hound'', with either three heads (or fifty heads -- depending on different versions) which lived in [[Tartaros]]. The final labor of [[Heracles]] was to capture Cerberos and lead him to the world of the living, according to [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]]. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
A [[mythology|mythical]] [[dog]] or ''hound'', with either three heads (or fifty heads -- depending on different versions) that lived in [[Tartaros]]. The final labor of [[Heracles]] was to capture Cerberos and lead him to the world of the living, according to [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] mythology.

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Cerberos [r]: A mythical dog or hound, with either three heads (or fifty heads -- depending on different versions) that lived in Tartaros. The final labor of Heracles was to capture Cerberos and lead him to the world of the living, according to Greek mythology.