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The Fifth Head of Cerberus is the title of both a novella and a single-volume collection of three novellas, written by American science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe, both published in 1972. The novella was included in the anthology Nebula Award Stories Eight .
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"The Fifth Head of Cerberus" by Gene Wolfe "Jody after the War" by Edward Bryant "Al" by Carol Emshwiller "Now I'm Watching Roger" by Alexei Panshin "Whirl Cage" by Jack M. Dann "A Kingdom by the Sea" by Gardner R. Dozois "Christlings" by Albert Teichner "Live, from Berchtesgaden" by George Alec Effinger "Dorg" by R.A. Lafferty "Gantlet" by ...
Experts working in the Tomb of Cerberus in Giugliano, an area in Naples, unsealed a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus. Inside they found the remains of a shockingly well-preserved body lying face-up and ...
The Fifth Head of Cerberus: 1972 Charles Scribner's Sons: Peace: 1975 Harper and Row: The Devil in a Forest: 1976 Follett Publishing: The Book of the New Sun: The Shadow of the Torturer: 1980 Simon & Schuster: 1980: Nebula 1981: Locus Fantasy, John W. Campbell 1981: BSFA Award, WFA [2] The Claw of the Conciliator: 1981 Timescape Books: 1982 ...
According to Hesiod, Cerberus, like Orthrus was the offspring of Echidna and Typhon. And like Orthrus, Cerberus was multi-headed. The earliest accounts gave Cerberus fifty, [20] or even one hundred heads, [21] though in literature three heads for Cerberus became the standard. [22] However, in art, often only two heads for Cerberus are shown. [23]
Although the lost Corinthian cup shows Cerberus with a single dog head, and the relief pithos fragment (c. 590–570 BC) apparently shows a single lion-headed Cerberus, in Attic vase painting Cerberus usually has two dog heads. [129] In other art, as in the Laconian cup, Cerberus is usually three-headed. [130]
The genus is named after Cerberus, a three-headed dog in Greek mythology, because all the species are poisonous — they contain cerberin, a cardiac glycoside, a substance that blocks electric impulses in the body (including the beating of the heart). Therefore, it is advised to avoid using wood from Cerbera species due to their toxicity, and ...