Why Kerberos named

hikari hikari at hikari.org.uk
Fri Jul 2 21:55:26 EDT 2004


Carl Farrington wrote:

> The name Kerberos is used because it is the name of the three-headed watch 
> dog in Greek mythology. Most people know of this dog as being called 
> Cerberus, but this is actually the Roman (Latin) tranlation of the correct 
> and original Greek name, Kerberos. 

	Well technicaly the correct and original Greek name is Κερβερος, but I 
think I'm being slightly pedantic there (and you mean transliteration).

	*hides*

-- 
hikari


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