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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31443" /> == | |||
<p> in [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] mythology, was the ferryman across the river of death. This representation originated in Egypt, where all the dead who were worthy of an honorable burial were piloted in a small boat to. the islands of the blessed, i.e. to the general place of burial. According to the myths of Greece, Charon, an old servant of Pluto, was placed as a guard oh the river of Hades, and took the souls that [[Mercury]] brought to him in a boat across the [[Styx]] or Acheron, for which an obolus had to be paid, and this coin was laid under the tongue of the dead. Those of the, dead who had not received a burial were obliged to wander. along the bank of the Styx for one hundred years. [[Charon]] was not allowed to ferry the living across, unless specially authorized so to do by the immortals. [[For]] rowing [[Hercules]] across without requiring him to show the golden bough, which was the sign of deity, he was deprived of his liberty for one year. [[Homer]] does not speak of this myth. A representation of this, from an antique bass- relief, is shown -on following page.. [[Two]] forms step from Charon's boat; the Parce reaches out her hand to the :first. Her full spindle shows the early death of this shade. - The second shade is of the size of a child. To the right is Lethe, with the draught of forgetfulness. . </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70639" /> == | |||
<p> [[In]] the [[Greek]] mythology the ferryman of the ghosts of the dead over the [[Styx]] into Hades, a grim old figure with a mean dress and a dirty beard, peremptory in exacting from the ghosts he ferried over the obolus allowed him for passage-money. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_31443"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/charon Charon from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_31443"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/charon Charon from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_70639"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/charon Charon from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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