Greek mythology
Charon
Ferryman of the dead across the Styx
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Divine
- Appears in
- Sisyphus: The Man Who Cheated Death
Charon is the grim, ragged boatman who carries the souls of the buried across the black river into Hades' realm. He takes only those who can pay his fare, a coin laid upon the tongue of the dead, and turns away the restless shades of the unburied, leaving them to wander the near shore forever.
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