Cerberus
Κέρβερος
The three-headed dog guarding the entrance to the underworld.
He does not stop those who enter — only those who try to leave.
For his twelfth labor, Heracles dragged him out bare-handed, without weapons, then returned him.
Orpheus lulled him with song, Aeneas with a honey cake. Everyone passes this gate in their own way.
SourcesHesiod, Theogony