Charonian

Then, it's up the Charonian steps, past the security guards, through the doors and into the scrum itself.

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And the shadow answered, "I am SHADOW, and my dwelling is near to the Catacombs of Ptolemais, and hard by those dim plains of Helusion which border upon the foul Charonian canal."

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. I 1840

And the shadow answered, "I am SHADOW, and my dwelling is near to the Catacombs of Ptolemais, and hard by those dim plains of Helusion which border upon the foul Charonian canal."

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 Edgar Allan Poe 1829

Four caverns of this sort, and styled Charonian, are mentioned by

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

Charonian branch of the Nile, and the river Acheron.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

Egypt, stood upon the foul Charonian canal; which was so noisome, that every fetid ditch and cavern was from it called Charonian.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

Pliny, speaking of some Charonian hollows in Italy, says, that the exhalations were insupportable.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

Demeter and Kora were worshipped at the Charonian cavern mentioned by Strabo: Χαρωνιον αντρον θαυμαστον τη φυσει. l.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

And the shadow answered, "I am SHADOW, and my dwelling is near to the Catacombs of Ptolemais, and hard by those dim plains of Helusion which border upon the foul Charonian canal."

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Then, it's up the Charonian steps, past the security guards, through the doors and into the scrum itself.

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