Editing Cerberus (section)

=== Presented to Eurystheus, returned to Hades ===
In some accounts, after bringing Cerberus up from the underworld, Heracles paraded the captured Cerberus through Greece.<ref>Ogden 2013a, p. 113; Ogden 2013b, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Vv0Fxm6Amh4C&pg=PA69 pp. 69–71].</ref> Euphorion has Heracles lead Cerberus through Midea in [[Argolis]], as women and children watch in fear,<ref>[[Euphorion of Chalcis|Euphorian]], fragment 71 Lightfoot 14–15 (Lightfoot, [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/euphorion_chalcis-poetic_fragments/2010/pb_LCL508.301.xml pp. 300–303]; Ogden 2013b, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Vv0Fxm6Amh4C&pg=PA69 pp. 69–70]).</ref> and [[Diodorus Siculus]] says of Cerberus, that Heracles "carried him away to the amazement of all and exhibited him to men."<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#26 4.26.1].</ref> Seneca has Juno complain of Heracles "highhandedly parading the black hound through Argive cities"<ref>[[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]], ''Hercules Furens'' [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/seneca_younger-hercules/2002/pb_LCL062.53.xml 46–62 (pp. 52–53)].</ref> and Heracles greeted by laurel-wreathed crowds, "singing" his praises.<ref>[[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]], ''Hercules Furens'' [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/seneca_younger-hercules/2002/pb_LCL062.115.xml 827–829 (pp. 114–115)].</ref>

Then, according to Apollodorus, Heracles showed Cerberus to Eurystheus, as commanded, after which he returned Cerberus to the underworld.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=9AC4F2564ED0593B31146372FEC08E36?doc=Apollod.+2.5.12 2.5.12].</ref> However, according to [[Hesychius of Alexandria]], Cerberus escaped, presumably returning to the underworld on his own.<ref>[[Hesychius of Alexandria]]
s.v. [https://archive.org/stream/hesychiialexand00schmgoog#page/n276/mode/1up ''eleutheron hydor''] (Ogden 2013b, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Vv0Fxm6Amh4C&pg=PA69 pp. 69–71]); Ogden 2013a, p. 114.</ref>