Best Movie Of Cerberus Art Hades Characters. See more ideas about cerberus art mythical creatures. As early as homer we learn that heracles was sent by eurystheus the king of tiryns to bring back cerberus from hades the king of the underworld.
Cerberus only mythology concerns his capture by heracles. A new look at the artwork. According to apollodorus this was the twelfth and final labour imposed on heracles.
In the classical art cerberus makes an appearance in almost everything that has to do with hades or his realm.
Cerberus is a massive three headed dog charged with guarding the gates of the underworld to prevent the dead from escaping. Cerberus was a dog with three heads a monster in greek mythology cerberus was the guardian of the hades and child of echidna and typhon superhero villainssuperhero logoshades underworldfantasy football logostrippy drawingsblack and white printsgreek mythologycool logorock art journey of cerberus interactive abertay game development society. The creature has been depicted as a ferocious canine either having a mane comprising serpents or a serpent tail. Sep 9 2019 explore delaney buckelew s board cerberus on pinterest.