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Without using any weapons and only using his lion-skin as shield, Hercules got closer this monstrous dog roaring wildly.

King Eurystheus; asked Hercules to enter the underworld and bring Cerberus as the last and the most challenging labour. Three-headed and snake tailed Cerberus was a monstrous guard dog of the gates of underworld. As soon as he accepted the labour, Hercules entered the underworld with Hermes. They passed disgusting mudflow, lava flows; when they arrived the throne of Hades,the great God of the Underworld, Hercules told Hades the purpose of his visit. Hades agreed to let Hercules bring Cerberus to the surface only if Hercules could catch this monstrous guard dog of his gates without using weapons. Though defeating this three-headed, snake tail monstrous dog Cerberus was impossible. Its scary voice made the one who came closer quake for fear.

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He captured it around its neck. Even though he was biten so many times Hercules squeezed Cerberus around the neck so hard that the dog thought it was dead and submitted. Hercules chained this monstrous dog and brought up from the underworld to Tesalya.

The poisonuos slobber of this angry dog made the plants poisonous.

When King Eurystheus saw that Hercules overcame that difficult task and brought the dog, he got shocked and scared and sent that monstrous animal back to the Underworld, Tartaros.

Source : Klasik Yunan Mitolojisi : Şefik Can