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From: bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey)
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Subject: Re: Zork 2: Is this a clue?
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Date: Sat, 16-Feb-85 17:52:03 EST
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> In my relentless pursuit of hints for Zork 2, I was browsing through
> Bulfinch's Mythology last night.  With some help from the index, I
> came across the following, which looks suspiciously like a clue:
> 
> 	There they [Aeneas and the Sybil] were encountered by the
> 	three-headed dog, Cerberus, with his necks bristling with 
> 	snakes.  He barked with all his three throats till the Sybil
> 	threw him a medicated cake which he eagerly devoured, and 
> 	then stretched himself out in his den and fell asleep.
> 			(Chapter XXXII - The Infernal Regions)
> 
> Am I on the right track?

No, although this is a clever idea.  Leave the doggie until you've figured
out most everything else, and the solution will become obvious.