Charon
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Charon of Lampsacus · death's ferryman · ferryman of souls
spoken of as
1 expressionCharon of Lampsacus1 mention
De Anima (Latin)
This too Charon of Lampsacus, earlier than Herodotus, hands down.
in the texts
Alcestis
The ferryman of the dead who conveys souls across the waters to Hades, seen by the dying Alcestis and invoked by the Chorus.
and Charon, death’s ferryman, his hand upon the boatman’s pole, is calling me e’en now, Why lingerest thou?
I had gone down, nor Pluto’s hound, nor Charon, ferryman of souls, whose hand is on the oar, had held me back, till to the light I had restored thee alive.
Let Hades know, that swarthy god, and that old man who sits to row and steer alike at his death-ferry, that he hath carried o’er the lake of Acheron in his two-oared skiff a woman peerless amidst her sex.
De Anima
Historian, earlier than Herodotus, cited as corroborating source for the Astyages dream.
This too Charon of Lampsacus, earlier than Herodotus, hands down.
Hellenica
Theban who shelters Melon and the six returning exiles.
When they had entered the city, they spent that night at the house of a certain Charon, and likewise spent the following day there.