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Styx Collection

Background imageStyx Collection: Charon / Styx / Dante / Virgil

Charon / Styx / Dante / Virgil
Charon ferries Dante and Virgil across the Styx, the river which separates this world of ours from the infernal regions

Background imageStyx Collection: Dante / Virgil Cross Styx

Dante / Virgil Cross Styx
Charon, the ferryman of the Styx, carries Dante and Virgil to the Underworld

Background imageStyx Collection: Greece Styx

Greece Styx
The river Styx was believed to flow down to Hades, hence the adjective Stygian, beloved of poets, for hellish darkness

Background imageStyx Collection: 4th Century Bc Acheron Aeneid Allegoric Allegorical

4th Century Bc Acheron Aeneid Allegoric Allegorical
4th, century, bc, acheron, aeneid, allegoric, allegorical, allegory, ancient, age, art, boat, boatman, boundary, campania, charon, cross, dead, death, deceased, ferry, ferryman, gravestone, greek

Background imageStyx Collection: Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, by James Gillray. Depicting Napoleon (ironically in the role of John Bunyan's pilgrim, Christian) having to confront an array of problems

Background imageStyx Collection: CHARON (DORE)

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

Background imageStyx Collection: CROSSING THE STYX

CROSSING THE STYX
En route to Inferno, Dante and Virgil cross the Styx in Charons ferry, and have their first sight of the damned

Background imageStyx Collection: Dante - Virgil Cross Styx

Dante - Virgil Cross Styx
Virgil and Dante cross the Styx. Date: First published: 1307-21?

Background imageStyx Collection: Divine Comedy. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross t

Divine Comedy. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross t
Divine 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

Background imageStyx Collection: Charon (Moreau)

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

Background imageStyx Collection: Virgil / Dante / Cross Styx

Virgil / Dante / Cross Styx
Every day sees new arrivals on the banks of the Styx, forced onto the ferry which will carry them to unending torment

Background imageStyx Collection: Charon (Tooke)

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

Background imageStyx Collection: Bathed in Styx

Bathed in Styx
Achilles is made invulnerable when his mother dips him in the river Styx : alas, she holds him by the heel which doesn t get wet leaving him less than 100% protected

Background imageStyx Collection: Dante Crossing Styx

Dante Crossing Styx
Dante comes across Filippo Argenti, one of his political enemies, (a Black Guelph), now residing among the wrathful in the river Styx


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