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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 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."
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 ...
Situated within the wall of what is now a restaurant in London's Bankside on the southern bank of the Thames, is a slab of stone. It is located west of Southwark Bridge near Shakespeare's Globe and marks the last remaining example of the ferryman seats that once dotted Thames's South Bank, an early illustration of London's premier cab rank and also its last.
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.
Phlegyas was the son of Ares and Chryse, daughter of Halmus, [1] or of Dotis. [2] In one account, he was mentioned as an autochthon. [3] Phlegyas was the brother of Ixion, another king of the Lapiths, [4] and Gyrton, eponym of a Thessalian town.
According to the usual account, Styx was the eldest of the Oceanids, the many daughters of the Titan Oceanus, the great world-encircling river, and his sister-wife, the Titaness Tethys. [3]
A ferryman is the person who operates a ferry. Ferryman or The Ferryman may also refer to: The Ferryman, an episode of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future; The Ferryman, a 2007 New Zealand film; The Ferryman, a film by Jiajia Zhang; The Ferryman, a 2017 play by Jez Butterworth "The Ferryman" (song), a folk ballad