A dog quick to detect the approach of strangers, kept to protect property.
Stark and grim was the three- headed watchdog Cerberus, which guarded the door, and with the growls and the furious roaring of a wild beast athirst for its prey it greeted Orpheus. "A Book of Myths", Jean Lang
Stark and grim was the three- headed watchdog Cerberus, which guarded the door, and with the growls and the furious roaring of a wild beast athirst for its prey it greeted Orpheus.
To submit to the rule or authority of; as, to obey the commandments; comply with the orders or instructions of; as, to obey parents; to respond to direction or control of; as, a horse obeys the rein. ...