Cerberus, the hound of Hades, was the three-headed guard dog of the Underworld. He was Hades’s beloved pet, entrusted with guarding the gates of the realm of the dead.

After a burial in the Earth, water carried deceased mortals into Hades, the realm of the Underworld ... something that we find in lots and lots of world mythology,” Meineck says. “I don’t think ...

While Hades is the name of the underworld itself, we also know Hades to be the God of the Underworld, and supposedly Melinoë's father. While all relationships in Greek mythology are pretty ...

In Greek mythology, Cerberus is the three-headed dog – the Hound of Hades – which guards the gates to the Underworld in order to prevent the dead from leaving (Picture: Getty Images ...

The next God coming to Smite will be Cerberus ... of the underworld in Greek mythology to prevent the dead from escaping, and was often referred to as the hound of Hades, who is another playable ...

The characters in Hades are well-realized and compelling even if you know squat about Greek mythology ... Chthonic figures (Charon, Cerberus, Nyx, and, of course, Hades) are good to know, too.