Read the Introduction by Rev. Robert Maguire, D. D.

Cerberus the porter

"So here, the name of CERBERUS is borrowed from the heathen poets and other writers, who gave that name to the fabled dog of Tartarus, the keeper of the gate of the infernal region. This dog was said to have had three heads, and to have kept watch and ward over the gates of the abyss, that no lost soul should ever be permitted to pass again through those dread portals of the pit. The name is here appropriately applied to the sentinel door-keeper of the den of DIABOLUS."[2]
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1. Rev. George Burder, Explanatory, Experimental and Practical Notes. The Holy War. By John Bunyan. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, [Pref. 1803.]
2. Rev. Robert Maguire, Annotations. The Holy War. By John Bunyan. London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, c1866.
3. John Bunyan, The Holy War.
4. Charlie Doe, my own comments.