charon

3 definitions found

charon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Charon \Cha"ron\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Cless. Myth.)
     The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the
     souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal
     regions. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

charon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Charon
      n 1: (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the
           dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades

charon - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "Charon":
     Aides, Aidoneus, Cerberus, Cora, Despoina, Dis, Dis pater, Erebus,
     Hades, Hel, Kore, Loki, Minos, Orcus, Osiris, Persephassa,
     Persephone, Pluto, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhadamanthus, Satan