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C1895
The Bark of Charon
Artist:
G.Pepperity
Charon was a squalid and malign UNDERWORLD DAIMON: the grimy ferryman who received the shades of the dead from Hermes and rowed them across the river Akheron in a dilapidated boat. Charon’s fee was one obolos (a small coin) placed … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Bark of Charon
Date:
C1895
Artist:
G.Pepperity
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Photogravure
Image Size:
270mm
x 195mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1895
Description:
Charon was a squalid and malign UNDERWORLD DAIMON: the grimy ferryman who received the shades of the dead from Hermes and rowed them across the river Akheron in a dilapidated boat. Charon’s fee was one obolos (a small coin) placed in the mouth of a corpse at burial. Only if a dead person had been buried or cremated was he ferried across the Akheron otherwise his ghost continued to wander along the shores of the river.
