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Meaning of CHARON

Pronunciation:  'kehrun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
 
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 See Also: ferryman

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cha"ron\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Cless. Myth.)
The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the
souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal
regions. --Shak.
 
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 Related Terms: Aides, Aidoneus, Cerberus, Cora, Despoina, Dis, Dis pater, Erebus, Hades, Hel, Kore, Loki, Minos, Orcus, Osiris, Persephassa, Persephone, Pluto, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhadamanthus, Satan
 

 

 

 

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