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Attic red-figure lekythos attributed to the Tymbos painter showing Charon welcoming a soul into his boat, c. 500–450 BC. In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ ˈ k ɛər ɒ n,-ən / KAIR-on, -ən; Ancient Greek: Χάρων Ancient Greek pronunciation: [kʰá.rɔːn]) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld.
The Ferryman is a 2023 dystopian fiction novel by Justin Cronin. The protagonist, Proctor Bennett, is a titular "ferryman", responsible for transporting elderly citizens to be reborn. Proctor gradually realizes that his utopian life is not what it seems. The Ferryman is Cronin's first novel since 2016's The City of Mirrors.
Pete Townshend - "Drowned" Pete Townshend - "The Seeker" Raphael Rudd - "Magic Grace" Raphael Rudd - "Who Is Meher Baba" Pete Townshend and Raphael Rudd - "The Ferryman" Raphael Rudd - "Kitty's Theme" Pete Townshend and Raphael Rudd - "A Little Is Enough" Raphael Rudd - "Contact in Solitude" Pete Townshend and Raphael Rudd - "Sleeping Dog"
The Suda defines danakē as a coin traditionally buried with the dead for paying the ferryman to cross the river Acheron, [10] and explicates the definition of porthmēïon as a ferryman's fee with a quotation from the poet Callimachus, who notes the custom of carrying the porthmēïon in the "parched mouths of the dead." [11]
The book begins with Charon, ferryman of the Styx being startled—and annoyed—by the arrival of a houseboat on the Styx. At first afraid that the boat will put him out of business, he later finds out that he is actually to be appointed the boat's janitor .
"On the last day of Matthew Perry’s life, Mr. Iwamasa injects Mr. Perry several times, and one last injection, he leaves, goes to run some errands, comes back, and we find Mr. Perry passed away ...
The song has a number of religious references: "The ferryman" refers to Charon the ferryman in Greek mythology. ("Save yourself a penny for the ferryman": tradition dictated that a dead Greek would have a coin placed in his mouth to pay for passage over the River Styx, as Charon demanded payment to ferry souls across the Styx, and without payment, souls would be forever trapped upon the shores ...
James Ford, born James N. Ford, also known as James N. Ford Sr., the "N" possibly for Neal (October 22, 1775 – July 7, 1833), was an American civic leader and business owner in western Kentucky and southern Illinois, from the late 1790s to the mid-1830s.