Dante faints when he cross the river.
Charon does not allow Dante to cross the Acheron river because he is a living being.
In Dante's "Inferno," he hears the anguished cries of the sinners, the slamming of the gates, and the roaring of the river Acheron. These sounds communicate the suffering and despair of those in Hell.
Acheron - the river of woe Cocytus - the river of lamentation; Phlegethon - the river of fire; Lethe - the river of forgetfulness; Styx - the river of hate. Source: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/styx_river.html
His name is Charon.
The Acheron River is in the Epirus region of Greece. The source of the river is near the village of Zotiko while it ends by draining into the Ionian Sea near Parga.
When a contour line crosses a river or stream, they make a "V" shape and points to the direction the river is flowing.
The name of the river of woe is Acheron :P
Charon is the only such god in Greek myth.
He is a river god that sided with the Titans against the gods. Zeus then turned him into water for the River Styx.
Charon is the ferryman of the rivers Styx and Acheron.
I flicked through Seneca and Plato, and while both vividly describe the swirling waters and boiling mud, neither makes any mention of living things in the Acheron.
the Acheron (river of woe), the Cocytus (river of lamentation), the Phlegethon (river of fire), the Styc (river of unbreakable oath by which the gods took vows), and the Lethe (river of forgetfulness).