Saturday 7 September 2013

The Cumaean Sibyl

The ferryman Charon carries the souls of the dead across the River Styx to the Underworld in his black boat.

Live mortals could not cross unless they showed him the golden bough, which was obtained from the Cumaean Sibyl. Herakles is the only living person who managed to cross without the bough.

From http://www.vroma.org/~araia/charon.html

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