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To get into the underworld people had to pay a fare to the ferryman, Charon. That's why people put coins underneath the corpses' tongue. If they couldn't pay the fine they couldn't get into Elysium because the toll paid for the ferry to get them across the River Styx and Charon pulled the ferry.
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What is the name of the ferry on the river Styx?
Charon was the ferryman who ferried dead souls across the river Styx.
Who is charon and the river styx?
Charon is a ferryman who guides dead souls across the River Styx and to the land of the dead where they are judged.
How do you cross the river Styx?
Pay Charon the ferryman to take you across.
How can you get across the Styx river?
Charon ferries you across, but only if your dead and have the proper payment.
Who was the ferryman who brought the dead across the river Styx?
Charon was the name of the ferryman that brought the dead across the river Styx in the Underworld. Charon needed to be paid for the journey. Many Greeks or Romans buried their dead with coins in the mouth or eyes.
Who is the myghological figure who ferried the dead across the river styx into hades?
Charon
What is the Chorion?
Charon is the ferriman who takes you across the river Styx in Dante's Inferno.
What is chorionic?
Charon is the ferriman who takes you across the river Styx in Dante's Inferno.
What boatman carried the dead across the river styx in the underworld?
Charon the Ferryman.
How do the hazards in the river Styx not hurt Charon?
Because Charon is a god.Charon did not cross the Styx, but the Akheron river.
Who was taken across river of underworld?
The ferryman Charon takes every departed soul across the river styx in the Underworld.
What is charon's river?
The River Styx.
