{"id":537,"date":"2021-04-20T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdensdragonsdens\/?page_id=537"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:02:27","slug":"heracles-cerberus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerberus (Heracles)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/apollonius\/\">Apollonius<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/aristophanes\/\">Aristophanes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/diodorus\/\">Diodorus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/dionysius\/\">Dionysius<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/euripides\/\">Euripides<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/eustathius\/\">Eustathius<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/first-vatican-mythographer\/\">First Vatican Mythographer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/heraclitus\/\">Heraclitus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/hesiod\/\">Hesiod<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/hyginus\/\">Hyginus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/lucian\/\">Lucian<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/ovid\/\">Ovid<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/pausanias\/\">Pausanias<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/philochorus\/\">Philochorus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/pomponius-mela\/\">Pomponius Mela<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/heracles-cerberus\/schol-homer-iliad\/\">Schol. 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