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1. Charon
   ferryman who took the dead across the river Styx or over the marsh of Acheron, to Hades; every soul had to pay him one obol for passage which explains the custom of placing a coin under the tongue of a corpse.
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2. Charon
   [n] - (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
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3. Charon
   Satellite of the (ex-)planet Pluto. See TABLE 11. PLUTO - SATELLITE DATA
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4. Charon
   In Greek mythology, the boatman who ferried the dead (shades) over the rivers Acheron and Styx to Hades, the underworld. An obolus (coin) placed on the tongue of the dead...
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5. Charon
   Cha'ron noun [ Latin , from Greek ....] (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.
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6. Charon
   noun (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
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7. Charon
   • (n.) 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.
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8. Charon
   in Greek mythology, the son of Erebus and Nyx (Night), whose duty it was to ferry over the Rivers Styx and Acheron those souls of the deceased who ... [3 related articles]
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9. Charon
   largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered telescopically on June 22, 1978, by James W. Christy and Robert S. Harrington at the U.S. ... [6 related articles]
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10. Charon
    Charon, in astronomy, the natural satellite, or moon, of Pluto.
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11. Charon
    Charon, in Greek mythology: see Hades.
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12. Charon
    In Greek mythology, Charon was the son of Erebus and Nyx. He was the ferryman who transported the dead across the river Styx to the Underworld of Hades. Charon was depicted as a squalid, mean, sprightly, bad tempered old man. Charon demanded a fee of an Obol for the journey across the river Styx, an...
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13. Charon
    In Greek mythology, the boatman who ferried the dead (shades) over the rivers Acheron and Styx to Hades, the underworld. An obolus (coin) placed on the tongue of the dead paid for their passage. Charon was the son of Night (Nyx) and her brother Erebus, the god of darkness whose kingdom was the subterranean region. He was describe...
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14. Charon
    (moon) | author = B. Sicardy et al. | title = Charon’s size and an upper limit on its atmosphere from a stellar occultation | journal = Nature | year = 2006 | volume = 439 | pages = 52–4 | doi= 10.1038/nature04351 | pmid = 16397493 | issue = 7072 | bibcode = 2006Natur.439...
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15. Charon
    (mythology) . In ˈkɛərən-->; Ancient Greek|Greek Χάρων) is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. A coin to pay Charon for passage, usually...
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16. Charon
    (band) `Charon` was a Finnish gothic metal band from Raahe, Finland. Biography: Charon was founded in 1992 by Antti Karihtala, Teemu Hautamäki, Pasi Sipilä, and Jasse Hast and was originally a brutal death metal act. After releasing three promo albums and two demos, all self-released, t...
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17. Charon
    (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, `Charon` is a powerful altraloth, a lord of the yugoloths, reportedly transformed into a more powerful creature by the night hags of the Gray Waste. Charon`s role is to provide travel on the River Styx, but he al...
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18. Charon
    (web browser) `Charon` is a web browser for the Inferno operating system. It is a basic graphical browser with support for javascript, HTTPS, and basic support for FTP. History: Charon was originally written by Howard Trickey in Limbo for Inferno. It runs under the wm window manager, but can ...
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19. Charon
    (CrossGen) image= --> `Charon` is the main antagonist in the comic book universe known as `CrossGen` or the `Sigilverse`. He appears most often in Negation but has also had his own limited series Mark of Charon and is mentioned throughout many CrossGen titles. Charon`s story was...
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20. Charon
    (Marvel Comics) `Charon` is a fictitious Marvel Comics villain who made his sole appearance in the 1993 X-Factor Annual #8. Fictional character biography: Early life : The real identity of Charon is Charlie Ronalds. As a young boy, Charlie witnessed his parents` death at the hands of a mutant...
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21. Charon
    (software) `Charon` (product spelling CHARON) is the brand name of a group of software products able to emulate several CPU architectures. The emulators available under this brand mostly cover the DEC hardware platforms PDP-11, VAX, and AlphaServer, which support several operating systems, in...
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