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Geryones, and then again she bare a second, a monster not to be overcome and that may not be described, Cerberus who eats raw flesh, the brazen-voiced hound of Hades, fifty-headed, relentless and strong.
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BRIAREUS, or AEGAEON, in Greek mythology, one of the three hundred-armed, fifty-headed Hecatoncheires, brother of Cottus and Gyges (or Gyes).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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"the brazen-voiced hound of Hades, fifty-headed, relentless and strong." — Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica.
February 16, 2011