sop to Cerberus
nounEtymology
From Virgil's Aeneid, where the Sibyl throws Cerberus a loaf laced with honey and herbs to induce sleep.
Definitions
Something given or done to pacify or bribe.
- to give/throw a sop to Cerberus
- He has thrown a sop to Cerberus, and is consequently now acclaimed in sacred circles to which entrance had long been denied him.
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