Capture of Cerberus

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Capture of Cerberus is the twelfth and final labor of the Greek hero Heracles, in which he must descend into the Underworld and bring back Hades’ three-headed guard dog alive.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Capture of Cerberus canonical 2
The Capture of Cerberus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf episode in Greek mythology ⓘ
labor of Heracles ⓘ
mythological event ⓘ
assignedTo Heracles ⓘ
associatedWith Twelve Labors cycle ⓘ
linked to: Heracles cycle

heroic descent motif ⓘ
commissionedBy Eurystheus ⓘ
condition Heracles must not use lethal weapons on Cerberus ⓘ
conditionSetBy Eurystheus ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek culture ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
featuresCharacter Pirithous ⓘ
Theseus ⓘ
follows Labor of the Apples of the Hesperides ⓘ
genre myth ⓘ
grantedBy Hades ⓘ
hasLocation Tiryns ⓘ
linked to: Mycenae and Tiryns

Underworld ⓘ
palace of Hades ⓘ
hasParticipant Cerberus ⓘ
Eurystheus ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
involves combat with Cerberus ⓘ
katabasis ⓘ
permission from Hades ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
mythologicalContext Greek religion ⓘ
narratedIn Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus’ Library of History ⓘ
linked to: Diodorus Siculus

Euripides’ Heracles ⓘ
Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
objective to bring Cerberus from the Underworld to the upper world alive ⓘ
partOf Labors of Heracles ⓘ
linked to: Heracles cycle
permissionCondition Heracles must not seriously harm Cerberus ⓘ
precededBy Cattle of Geryon ⓘ
Girdle of Hippolyta ⓘ
linked to: Belt of Hippolyta
predicate twelfth labor of Heracles ⓘ
relatedCreature Cerberus ⓘ
relatedDeity Hades ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
relatedWork Labors of Heracles ⓘ
linked to: Heracles cycle
requires descent into the Underworld ⓘ
result Cerberus is brought to Eurystheus ⓘ
Cerberus is later returned to the Underworld ⓘ
linked to: Cerberus

Heracles subdues Cerberus with his strength ⓘ
symbolizes conquest of death ⓘ
heroic mastery over the Underworld ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heracles → labour → Capture of Cerberus ⓘ
Eurystheus → orderedLabor → Capture of Cerberus ⓘ
The Labours of Hercules → hasStory → The Capture of Cerberus ⓘ
linked to: Capture of Cerberus