Comment Re:Quick Security/Mythology trivia (Score 2, Informative) 109
Ill gaurantee the greeks did not spell it Kerberos, since they didn't use those letters much at all. I can't include the greek letters in the post (or at least don't know how).
Cerberus is a Latin transliteration, rather than a "spelling" since you cannot spell a greek work without the greek letters. We transliterate it as Kerberos because our pronunciation of the letter C would tend towards a soft pronounciation if we spelled it like the Romans. Their letter C was always hard. Similar with the o or u.
Since alot of our literature is from the Romans, the latin spelling has persisted, and as with many latin words, we have changed the pronunciation and often say SERberous when we see "Cerberus".
However, neither Cerberos nor Kerberos are more greek than the other. It is still the Greek Mythological three headed dog protector of Hades.
-Jacob
Cerberus is a Latin transliteration, rather than a "spelling" since you cannot spell a greek work without the greek letters. We transliterate it as Kerberos because our pronunciation of the letter C would tend towards a soft pronounciation if we spelled it like the Romans. Their letter C was always hard. Similar with the o or u.
Since alot of our literature is from the Romans, the latin spelling has persisted, and as with many latin words, we have changed the pronunciation and often say SERberous when we see "Cerberus".
However, neither Cerberos nor Kerberos are more greek than the other. It is still the Greek Mythological three headed dog protector of Hades.
-Jacob
