The Golden Bough (mythology) Aeneas tore off the bough, a second golden one immediately sprang up, which was a good omen, as the sibyl had said that if this did not happen the coming endeavor would fail. Soon after they started their descent into the Underworld, the Sibyl showed the golden bough to Charon who only then allowed them to enter his boat and cross the Stygian river. On the other side, she cast a drugged cake to the three-headed watchdog Cerberus, who swallowed it and fell asleep. Once in the Underworld, Aeneas tried talking to some shades, and listened to the Sibyl speak
What the Dog Saw a dog, hence the title. "What the Dog Saw" is a compilation of 19 articles by Malcolm Gladwell that were originally published in "The New Yorker" which are categorized into three parts. The first part, "Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius", describes people who are very good at what they do, but are not necessarily well-known. Part two, "Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses", describes the problems of prediction. This section covers problems such as intelligence failure, and the fall of Enron. The third section, "Personality, Character, and Intelligence", discusses a wide variety of psychological and sociological topics ranging from