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  2. The Ferryman (novel) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Charon's obol - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Who Pays the Ferryman? - Wikipedia

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    Who Pays the Ferryman? is a television series produced by the BBC in 1977. The title of the series alludes to the ancient religious belief and mythology surrounding Charon, the ferryman to Hades. In antiquity, it was customary to place coins in or on the mouth of the deceased before cremation, symbolizing payment for the ferryman's service to ...

  5. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...

  6. The Pilgrim's Progress - Wikipedia

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    The entire book is presented as a dream sequence narrated by an omniscient narrator.The allegory's protagonist, Christian, is an everyman character, and the plot centres on his journey from his hometown, the "City of Destruction" ("this world"), to the "Celestial City" ("that which is to come": Heaven) atop Mount Zion.

  7. The Ferryman (play) - Wikipedia

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    The Ferryman is a 2017 play by Jez Butterworth. Set during The Troubles , it tells the story of the family of a former IRA volunteer, living in their farmhouse in rural County Armagh , Northern Ireland in 1981.

  8. Aesop and the Ferryman - Wikipedia

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    "Death as a ferryman", a satirical drawing from Punch, 1858. Aesop sometimes plays a part in his own fables where the circumstances in which he tells the story are mentioned. . In this he is mocked by a Ferryman, or boat-builders in another account, and tells them how they will soon be out of a j

  9. The New York Times crossword - Wikipedia

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    In another notable Times crossword, 27-year-old Bill Gottlieb proposed to his girlfriend, Emily Mindel, via the crossword puzzle of January 7, 1998, written by noted crossword constructor Bob Klahn. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] The answer to 14-Across, [Microsoft chief, to some] was BILLG, also Gottlieb's name and last initial. 20-Across, [1729 Jonathan Swift ...