Unit 1Greco-Roman Mythology课件.pptVIP

Chaos and his five children;Chaos（卡俄斯）;Gaea（盖亚）;Tartarus（塔耳塔洛斯）;Erebus（俄瑞波斯）;Nyx（尼克斯）;Three Children of Erebus Nyx;Aether （埃忒耳）Sky;Hemera（赫墨拉）Daylight;Charon （卡戎）; In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (English pronunciation:?/?k?r?n/, /?k?r?n/; Greek Χ?ρων) 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 an obolus or danake, was sometimes placed in or on the mouth of a dead person. Some authors say that those who could not pay the fee,