英语词汇give a sop to cerberus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

give a sop to Cerberus. The sibyl who conducted Aeneas through the Inferno in Greek mythology lulled Cerberus, the watchdog of Hell, into a deep sleep with a drugged cake sea- soned with poppies and honey. Over the centuries this story gave rise to the saying give a sop to Cerberus, to give a bribe to somebody, especially a troublesome or formidable person, such as a politician. The sop that came to replace the drugged cake in the legend is a piece of bread or any tasty morsel, and, in- deed, sop itself is a synonym for a bribe today. Brewer tells us that “when persons died the Greeks and Romans used to put a cake in their hands as a sop to Cerberus, to allow them to pass without molestation.” See cerberus.

词汇	give a sop to cerberus
词源	give a sop to Cerberus. The sibyl who conducted Aeneas through the Inferno in Greek mythology lulled Cerberus, the watchdog of Hell, into a deep sleep with a drugged cake sea- soned with poppies and honey. Over the centuries this story gave rise to the saying give a sop to Cerberus, to give a bribe to somebody, especially a troublesome or formidable person, such as a politician. The sop that came to replace the drugged cake in the legend is a piece of bread or any tasty morsel, and, in- deed, sop itself is a synonym for a bribe today. Brewer tells us that “when persons died the Greeks and Romans used to put a cake in their hands as a sop to Cerberus, to allow them to pass without molestation.” See cerberus.
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