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Charon / Styx / Dante / VirgilCharon ferries Dante and Virgil across the Styx, the river which separates this world of ours from the infernal regions
Dante / Virgil Cross StyxCharon, the ferryman of the Styx, carries Dante and Virgil to the Underworld
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CHARON (DORE)The ferryman who carries travellers across the Styx to the Underworld, a one-way trip : he must be paid - those who lack the requisite coin are left gibbering on the bank
CROSSING THE STYXEn route to Inferno, Dante and Virgil cross the Styx in Charons ferry, and have their first sight of the damned
Divine Comedy. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross tDivine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross the river Styx in the boat of Phlegyas
The Last Judgment, 1569, engraving by Martino Rota (c. 1520-1Martino Rota (c.1520-1583). Dalmatian artist. The Last Judgment, 1569. Engraving after a work of Michelangelo. Blanton Museum of Art. Austin. United States. Date: 20080731
Arriving in HellCharon brings a boatload of new residents to the infernal shores, accompanied by barking from Charon : Mercury and other deities contemplate the scene
Charon (Moreau)Charon, the ferryman of the Styx, refuses to carry anyone who doesn t pay the fare; those who arrive without the necessary coin are left to gibber on the bank
Charon (Tooke)The ferryman who carries travellers across the Styx to the Underworld, but rarely vice versa : in the foreground is Cerberus, a particularly fierce watchdog