Cerberus, the dog of Hades: The history of an idea
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: | | | |The original text uses macrons (a letter with a bar over it) in some of| |the names. These have been replaced with [=x] (where x is the original | |letter). | | | |There is Greek in this text which has been transliterated into Arabic | |letters. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ [Illustration] Explanation of Frontispiece The picture is reproduced from Baumeister's _Denkmaeler des klassichen Alterthums_, volume I., figure 730 (text on p. 663). It is on a vase and describes one of the twelve heroic deeds of Herakles. The latter, holding aloft his club…
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