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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
Greece StyxThe river Styx was believed to flow down to Hades, hence the adjective Stygian, beloved of poets, for hellish darkness
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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
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
Dante - Virgil Cross StyxVirgil and Dante cross the Styx. Date: First published: 1307-21?
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
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
Virgil / Dante / Cross StyxEvery day sees new arrivals on the banks of the Styx, forced onto the ferry which will carry them to unending torment
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
Bathed in StyxAchilles 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
Dante Crossing StyxDante comes across Filippo Argenti, one of his political enemies, (a Black Guelph), now residing among the wrathful in the river Styx