chapter 10: the labors of heracles
16: CERBERUS OF HADES (Labor 12)
My final labor takes me into the Underworld to seize the hound of Hades. After cleansing myself in the Eleusinian Mysteries, I descend through gloom and shadow. I wrestle Cerberus barehanded, his three heads snapping and chains rattling in the dark. Dragging him into the light, I prove that no realm lies beyond mortal courage.
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