In ancient Greece, the powers below are not fed like the gods of the sky. To the dead and the underworld deities—including the guardian Cerberus—the enagismos is dedicated: offerings placed directly on the ground, near tombs or at the mouths of Hades (Cape Taenarum, Lake Avernus), libations poured into a pit, cakes thrown to appease. No starter-main-dessert, but a sequence of offerings: the cake that lulls to sleep, the porridge of funeral seed-sowing, the barley drink of the mysteries, the daily flatbread, and the meat feast of great triumphs.

Cerberus's signature combination: honey for the sweetness that attracts, poppy seeds (mēkōn) for their soporific virtue. It is through this sweet-narcotic pair that heroes—the Sibyl in the Aeneid, Orpheus, Psyche—lull the three-headed dog's vigilance. An offering cuisine designed not to satisfy hunger, but to appease.