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πŸ‘€ Charon (boatman)

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  • Information
    boatman of the underworld
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6612
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/2606
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/HVSHu33sR=2rtrlKUiAJzwI
    Gender
    Male
    Eponym of
    πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Charon (Thymbria) cave associated with the underworld near the unlocated city of Thymbria, Myous, and Magnesia on the MaiandrosπŸ›οΈ the Cave of Charon (Acharaca) cave in the Sanctuary of Plouton
    Related entities
    🌍 River Acheron (Underworld)πŸ‘€ HadesπŸ‘€ TheseusπŸ‘€ Peirithous (Lapith)πŸ‘€ Cerberos (dog)πŸ‘₯ the Erinyes🌍 the UnderworldπŸ‘€ HermesπŸ‘€ AiacosπŸ‘€ AtroposπŸ‘€ ClothoπŸ‘₯ the MoiraiπŸ‘€ AlcestisπŸ›οΈ the Cave of Charon (Thymbria)πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Charon (Acharaca)πŸ‘€ Eurydice (w. of Orpheus)🌍 River Styx (Underworld)πŸ‘€ AigisthosπŸ‘€ ClytaimnestraπŸ‘€ AgamemnonπŸ‘€ CassandraπŸ‘€ ProtesilaosπŸ‘€ Hecate (goddess)🌍 Old Hermion (Argolid)πŸ‘€ Orpheus
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Pausanias 10.28.1-10.28.6πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 238-279πŸ“– Minyad fr. 1 WestπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 6.1 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 14.1 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 20.1 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 10πŸ“– Lucian, The Downward Journey, or the Tyrant 1-4πŸ“– Lucian, Charon, or the Inspectors 1πŸ“– Lucian, The Lover of Lies 25πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.92.1-1.92.3πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 435-475πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 326-365πŸ“– Strabo 14.1.11πŸ“– Strabo 14.1.44-14.1.45πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 4.453-4.527πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 2.1 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 25.4 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, On Funerals 3πŸ“– Lucian, Heracles 1πŸ“– Lucian, Demonax 45πŸ“– Callimachus, Iambi 1 = fr. 191-191b PfeifferπŸ“– Callimachus fr. 628 PfeifferπŸ“– Callimachus, Hecale fr. 99 HollisπŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-10.85πŸ“– Achaios FragTrag fr. 11 = fr. 11 Snell-KannichtπŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.96.1-1.96.9
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasEuripides, Alcestis MinyadLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, Menippus, or the Descent into HadesLucian, The Downward Journey, or the TyrantLucian, Charon, or the InspectorsLucian, The Lover of LiesDiodoros, LibraryStraboVergil, GeorgicsLucian, On FuneralsLucian, HeraclesLucian, DemonaxCallimachus, IambiCallimachusCallimachus, HecaleOvid, MetamorphosesAchaios
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Orpheus fr. 48 BernabΓ©
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Criptoportico I 6, 2, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p2-space-22)🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Vatican 2465; ASR III, no. 3, no. 423)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Wall Painting of Odysseus in the Underworld in the Lesche of the Cnidians, Delphi, by Polygnotos (LIMC Nekyia 6)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Egypt
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