Bernini's Cerberus

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Author name
Matthew Brennan
Source
Sketchfab
Polygon Count
36,550
Release Date
2017-10-17
License
Standard
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**Cerberus** was the three-headed *"Hound of Hades"* that guarded the gates of the underworld in Greek and Roman mythology. As the last of his 12 Labors, **Hercules** was required to capture **Cerberus** without using weapons and without harming the hellhound. Hercules accomplished the task by using his impenetrable lion-skin (taken from the Nemean Lion, the first of his labors) as a shield, and wrestling Cerberus until he submitted. This sculpture of Cerberus is by **Bernini**, and is part of the large marble sculptural group *The Rape of Proserpina*, which depicts the abduction of **Proserpina** by **Pluto**, God of the Underworld and master of **Cerberus**. *Cerberus* (1826) by William Blake: ![](http://imgur.com/ttI1WWl.jpg)