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👤 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
    🏛️ the Cave of Charon (Thymbria)🏛️ the Cave of Charon (Acharaca)
    Related entities
    🌍 River Acheron (Underworld)👤 Hades👤 Theseus👤 Peirithous (Lapith)👤 Cerberos (dog)👥 the Erinyes🌍 the Underworld👤 Hermes👤 Aiacos👤 Atropos👤 Clotho👥 the Moirai👤 Alcestis🏛️ the Cave of Charon (Thymbria)🏛️ the Cave of Charon (Acharaca)👤 Eurydice (w. of Orpheus)🌍 River Styx (Underworld)👤 Aigisthos👤 Clytaimnestra👤 Agamemnon👤 Cassandra👤 Protesilaos👤 Hecate (goddess)🌍 Old Hermion (Argolid)👤 Orpheus
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 10.28.1-10.28.6📖 Euripides, Alcestis 238-279📖 Minyad fr. 1 West📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 6.1 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 14.1 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 20.1 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 10📖 Lucian, The Downward Journey, or the Tyrant 1-4📖 Lucian, Charon, or the Inspectors 1📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 25📖 Diodoros, Library 1.92.1-1.92.3📖 Euripides, Alcestis 435-475📖 Euripides, Alcestis 326-365📖 Strabo 14.1.11📖 Strabo 14.1.44-14.1.45📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.453-4.527📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 2.1 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 25.4 MacLeod📖 Lucian, On Funerals 3📖 Lucian, Heracles 1📖 Lucian, Demonax 45📖 Callimachus, Iambi 1 = fr. 191-191b Pfeiffer📖 Callimachus fr. 628 Pfeiffer📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 99 Hollis📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-10.85📖 Achaios FragTrag fr. 11 = fr. 11 Snell-Kannicht📖 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
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Egypt
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