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Cerberus Greek Mythology Facts. Cerberus is a Hellhound and is related to another mythical animal the Chimera part goat part lion part snake. Cerberus in Greek Mythology Cerberus Greek mythology is best known as the guardian to the gates of Hades the Underworld. Mythical Monster In Greek myth Cerberus was a horrific dog who stood watch at the gates of Hades the world of the dead. A child of Typhon and Echidna he was part of a monstrous family which included Orthus the Lernaean Hydra and the Chimaera as well.
Later writers describe him as a monster with only three heads with the tail of a serpent and a mane. Many unusual monsters are mentioned in Greek mythology. Cerberus was thus brother to the likes of the Lernaean Hydra the Chimera and another monstrous dog Orthrus. 1 Hesiod who is the first that gives his name and origin calls him 2 fifty-headed and a son of Typhon and Echidna. He devoured anyone who tried to escape the kingdom of Hades the lord of the underworld. The many-headed dog that guarded the entrance of Hades is mentioned as early as the Homeric poems but simply as the dog and without the name of Cerberus.
A child of Typhon and Echidna he was part of a monstrous family which included Orthus the Lernaean Hydra and the Chimaera as well.
Like Cerberus she had three heads although hers were that of a lion a goat and a. The many-headed dog that guarded the entrance of Hades is mentioned as early as the Homeric poems but simply as the dog and without the name of Cerberus. Later writers describe him as a monster with only three heads with the tail of a serpent and a mane. It guards the entrance of the Underworld to prevent those who entered from ever escaping. A child of Typhon and Echidna he was part of a monstrous family which included Orthus the Lernaean Hydra and the Chimaera as well. Cerberus was thus brother to the likes of the Lernaean Hydra the Chimera and another monstrous dog Orthrus.