The second myth is when Hercules (Greek mythology), with the approval of Hades (Greek mythology), the god of the Underworld, gets Cerberus in a choke hold, knocks him out, and kidnaps him. The first is when Orpheus (Greek mythology), the famed musician, sneaks into Hades by lulling the usually unstoppable Cerberus to sleep with his beautiful music. There are only a couple of myths in Greek mythology where a hero gets the better of Cerberus. As the rules go, only the dead may enter the Underworld, and none may leave. His sole task is essentially be the "bouncer" of Hades. He is one of the great Greek monsters born unto Typhon and Echidna. In Greek mythology Cerberus is depicted as a dog with three ferocious heads and the tail of a snake. Heracles was able to overpower Cerberus and proceeded to sling the beast over his back, dragging it out of the underworld through a cavern entrance in the Peloponnese and bringing it to Eurystheus. Heracles found Hades and asked permission to bring Cerberus to the surface, to which Hades agreed if Heracles could overpower the beast without using weapons. When Heracles had pulled Theseus first from his chair, some of his thigh stuck to it (this explains the supposedly lean thighs of Athenians), but the earth shook at the attempt to liberate Pirithous, whose desire to have the wife of a god for himself was so insulting, he was doomed to stay behind. They unknowingly sat in chairs of forgetfulness and were permanently ensnared. One tradition tells of snakes coiling around their legs then turning into stone another tells that Hades feigned hospitality and prepared a feast inviting them to sit. The two companions had been imprisoned by Hades for attempting to kidnap Persephone. Whilst in the underworld, Heracles met Theseus and Pirithous.
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