Χαρων Charon was the Ferryman of the Dead, an underworld spirit in the servic
Χαρων Charon was the Ferryman of the Dead, an underworld spirit in the service of Hades. He transported the souls of the dead across the underworld river Acheron in his skiff. His fee was a single obolos coin which was placed in the mouth of a corpse upon burial. Those who had not received proper burial were unable to pay the fee and were left to wander the earthly side of the Acheron, haunting the world as ghosts. -- source link
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