Look up: charon

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   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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   Charon
   Charon was the ferryman who transported the dead across the river Styx to Hades.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php
   
   
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   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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   Charon
   Satellite of the (ex-)planet Pluto. See TABLE 11. PLUTO - SATELLITE DATA
   Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom
   
   
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   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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   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.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/56
   
   
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   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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   Charon
   `Charon` may refer to: *Charon (mythology), in Greek mythology, the ferryman who ferried the dead across the river Acheron in the underworld *Charon (moon), a moon of the dwarf planet Pluto *Charon (band), a Finnish gothic metal band *Charon (web browser), a web browser for the Inferno operating system *Charon (Forever War), a fictional planet in `the Forever War` *`Charon` (genus), a genus of amblypygid *Charon (cars), a Dutch automobile manufa...
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   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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    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]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/59
    
    
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    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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    Charon
    Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto and Charon taken in 1994 when the two bodies were at maximum elongation of 0.9 arc seconds The largest of the three known moons of Pluto. Charon was discovered in 1978 by U.S. Naval Observatory astronomer James Christy (1938-). With just over half the diame...
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    Charon
    Charon, in astronomy, the natural satellite, or moon, of Pluto.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08115
    
    
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    Charon
    Charon, in Greek mythology: see Hades.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A09116