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πŸ‘€ Charon (boatman)

  • <span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8194714" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8194714">🌍 Egypt </span>
  • 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
    Eponym of
    πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Charon (Thymbria) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Charon (Acharaca)
    Related Entities
    πŸ‘€ Agamemnon β€‚πŸ‘€ Aiacos β€‚πŸ‘€ Aigisthos β€‚πŸ‘€ Alcestis β€‚πŸ‘€ Atropos β€‚πŸ‘€ Cassandra β€‚πŸ‘€ Cerberos (dog) β€‚πŸ‘€ Clotho β€‚πŸ‘€ Clytaimnestra  πŸ‘₯ the Erinyes β€‚πŸ‘€ Eurydice (w. of Orpheus)β€‚πŸ‘€ Hades β€‚πŸŒ the Underworld β€‚πŸ‘€ Hermes β€‚πŸ‘€ Theseus β€‚πŸ‘€ Orpheus β€‚πŸ‘€ Peirithous (Lapith) β€‚πŸ‘€ Hecate (goddess) πŸ‘₯ the Moirai β€‚πŸ‘€ Protesilaos β€‚πŸŒ River Styx (Underworld) β€‚πŸŒ Hermion (Argolid) β€‚πŸŒ River Acheron (Underworld) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Charon (Thymbria) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Charon (Acharaca)
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 238-279β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 10.28.1-10.28.6β€‚πŸ“– Minyad fr. 1 Westβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 2.1 MacLeodβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 6.1 MacLeodβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 14.1 MacLeodβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 20.1 MacLeodβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Heracles 1β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, On Funerals 3β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 10β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, The Downward Journey, or the Tyrant 1-4β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Charon, or the Inspectors 1β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, The Lover of Lies 25β€‚πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.92.1-1.92.3β€‚πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.96.1-1.96.9β€‚πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 326-365β€‚πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 435-475β€‚πŸ“– Strabo 14.1.11β€‚πŸ“– Strabo 14.1.44-14.1.45β€‚πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 4.453-4.527β€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 25.4 MacLeodβ€‚πŸ“– Lucian, Demonax 45β€‚πŸ“– Callimachus, Iambi 1 = fr. 191-191b Pfeifferβ€‚πŸ“– Callimachus fr. 628 Pfeifferβ€‚πŸ“– Callimachus, Hecale fr. 99 Hollisβ€‚πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-10.85
    Mentioned in Text
    Minyad Pausanias Euripides, Alcestis Strabo Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead Lucian, Heracles Lucian, On Funerals Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades Lucian, Demonax Lucian, The Downward Journey, or the Tyrant Lucian, Charon, or the Inspectors Lucian, The Lover of Lies Diodoros, Library Callimachus Ovid, Metamorphoses Vergil, Georgics Callimachus, Iambi Callimachus, Hecale
    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)β€‚πŸŽ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)β€‚πŸŽ¨ 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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