Dancemaker duo Baye & Asa’s “Cortege 2023” reimagines the Stygian boater with a nod to Martha Graham’s 1967 work “Cortege of ...

In Kaos, she's middle management in the Underworld. Justice for Medusa. Charon is the ferryman to the Underworld, bringing the spirits of the dead across the River Styx (named for "Hate") and ...

Photograph by Vincent J. Musi, ALEPOTRYPA CAVE, EPHORATE OF PALEOANTHROPOLOGY-SPELEOLOGY Ancient Greeks believed Charon the ferryman took souls to Hades across Acheron, the “river of woe.” ...

Charon, ferryman of the Styx, demanded payment for access to the afterlife and to the bliss of forgetting; without that payment, the souls of the dead were trapped on the wrong side of the divide ...

But he’s much more than that. McConnell is the essential man. The senior senator from Kentucky is Charon, ferryman of the White House’s agenda. Assuredly, life’s not fair. But on ...

To reach the Underworld, dead souls had to cross the River Styx. A grumpy ferryman called Charon would take them across, but only if they paid him. So Greeks would place a coin in the mouth of a ...

They set off for the underworld, but first they must cross the River Styx. The ferryman - Charon - refuses to help them because Orpheus doesn't appear to be dead. But Orpheus plays his lyre and ...

To cross any strait or watercourse, either by boat or by ford, has always been a risky activity, and was once much more so. Charon, ferryman of the Styx, demanded payment for access to the afterlife ...

Spiritfarer follows the story of Stella and her cat, Daffodil, who have taken on the role of Charon the Ferryman. It is up to them to shepherd souls to their final rest. They own a ship that they ...

Tracey Emin is not scared of dying. She came close to it four years ago when she was diagnosed with squamous cell bladder ...

An emotional fantasy in which a grieving gay man must open disbelieving eyes to the possibility of supernatural and mythological worlds in order to gain opportunity for reconciliation with a lover ...