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Charon

In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ ⓘ KAIR-on, -⁠ən; Ancient Greek: Χάρων .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Ancient Greek pronunciation: ) is the ferryman of the Greek…

Appearance and demeanor, Genealogy & The Acheron and the Styx

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Appearance and demeanor

Art of ancient GreeceAtticVasesHermesPsychopomp
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Genealogy

GenealogyAcmonHesychiusPauly-WissowaDaremberg and Saglio
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The Acheron and the Styx

PausaniasPindarAeschylusEuripidesPlato
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Etymology

Proper nounDiodorus SiculusEgyptMinyas
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Etymology

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Appearance and demeanor

The Acheron and the Styx

In astronomy

In paleontology

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Charon

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Charon

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see also · 20
Charon → Arnold BöcklinManannán, CharonCoins, Charun, Dante, Dead, Early, Etruscan, Ferryman, Greek, Inferno, Irish, Jar, Lir, Mesopotamian, PalawanPhlegyas, Styx, Swiss Symbolist, Tabon Caves, Urshanabi, Virgil
related to The Acheron and the Styx · 17
Charon → Acheron, Aeneid, Aeschylus, Ancient Greek, Callimachus, Dante's Inferno, Euripides, Most, Ovid, Pausanias, Pindar, Plato, Propertius, Roman, Statius, Styx, Virgil's
related to Genealogy · 16
Charon → Acmon, Akmonides, Chronos, Cicero's De, Daremberg, Erebus, Fulgentius, Giovanni Boccaccio, Hesychius, In Genealogia Deorum Gentilium, Italian Renaissance, Neither Pauly-Wissowa, Night, No, Saglio, The
related to Appearance and demeanor · 14
Charon → Aeneas's, Aeneid, Athenian, Attic, BC, Book, Charon's, Cumaean Sibyl, Greece, Hermes, In, On, Roman, Virgil
related to Etymology · 7
Charon → BC, Diodorus Siculus, Egypt, Flashing, Greek, Minyas, The
related to In paleontology · 5
Charon → Amur River, Charon's, Charonosaurus, Far East, The
related to External links · 2
Charon → Database, The Warburg Institute Iconographic
is a · 1
Charon → first named mythological character Dante meets in the underworld
related to In astronomy · 1
Charon → Pluto

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underworld styx greek river dead acheron aeneid ancient also dante inferno ferryman genealogy eyes century depicted named mythology often charon's

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Charonis afirst named mythological character Dante meets in the underworld0.90text
Fulgentiusinstance ofa connection already made by earlier writers0.80text
Pindarinstance ofAncient Greek literary sources0.80text
Aeschylusinstance ofAncient Greek literary sources0.80text
Euripidesinstance ofAncient Greek literary sources0.80text
Platoinstance ofAncient Greek literary sources0.80text
and Callimachus also place Charon on the Acheroninstance ofAncient Greek literary sources0.80text
Charonrelated to Appearance and demeanorGreece0.60section
Charonrelated to Appearance and demeanorAttic0.60section
Charonrelated to Appearance and demeanorBC0.60section
Charonrelated to Appearance and demeanorCharon's0.60section
Charonrelated to Appearance and demeanorOn0.60section

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