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I agree   Written by Deborah d'Bajor (3/8/2007 4:36 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, Malapropisms and Allusions, penned by Arnie Perlstein
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Cerberus is the three headed dog in the underworld in Greek mythology, is he not? Hence the saying "A sop to Cerberus" isn't it in Dante's Inferno that they have to throw bread (or dog bisciuts or something!) to the three heads to get past?


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