ID: 901002558 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002558	Record Type: Character/Person

	Kerberos (Greco-Roman character)

Note: Multi-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades, preventing the dead from leaving.

Names:

	Kerberos (Greco-Roman character) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Cerberus (Greco-Roman character) (English)
	Κέρβερος (Greco-Roman character) (Greek)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Kerberos (Greco-Roman character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
	.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	takes the form of .... dog (species)
	.....(Canis (genus), Canidae (family), Carnivora (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Kerberos (Greco-Roman character)
	................Getty Museum, Underworld: Imagining the Afterlife (2018)
	Cerberus (Greco-Roman character)
	................Getty Museum, Underworld: Imagining the Afterlife (2018)
	Κέρβερος (Greco-Roman character)
	................Getty Museum, Underworld: Imagining the Afterlife (2018)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Getty Museum, Underworld: Imagining the Afterlife (2018)
	................ Source for image https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/ancient_underworld/images/home/2b_369075EX2_x1024.jpg