Charon
deity underworld Greek single tradition · 7
Charon is the Greek ferryman. He is a classical example of a psychopomp.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Greek mythology and archaeology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Vanth, Mithrobarzanes, Alexiares, Anicetus, Iris, Alecton, Iapetus, Nodens, Atlas, Calliope, Hecate, Hermes, Mercury, Anubis, Morana, valkyries, Xolotl, Pushan, Cerberus, Dionysus, Heracles, Adonis, Enodia, Acheron, Proserpina, Dis Pater, Ogmios, Persephone, Helios, Athena, Eos
- serves
- Pluto
- syncretized with
- Charun
Mentioned by
- Hecate
- Hermes
- Mercury
- Anubis
- Morana
- valkyries
- Xolotl
- Pushan
- Cerberus
- Dionysus
- Heracles
- Adonis
- Enodia
- Acheron
- Proserpina
- Dis Pater
and 8 more
Sources
Source passages
“the Greek ferryman Charon”
#14127 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Most accounts, including Pausanias (10.28) and later Dante's Inferno (3.78), associate Charon with the swamps of the river Acheron. Ancient Greek literary sources such as Pindar, Aeschylus, Euripides, Plato, and Callimachus also place Charon on the Acheron”
#14253 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the two descend to Hades, where they see Pyriphlegethon, Cerberus, the palace of Pluto, Charon, and the rest of the mythological machinery of the Greek underworld”
#20098 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Charon, a psychopomp believed to ferry souls between the worlds of the living and the dead”
#34807 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“A few ghosts are waiting for Charon. He arrives rowing in his boat.”
#37946 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001