This entry belongs to the lexicon of Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer, free on Kindle Unlimited.
Charon
Attested elsewhere in ancient sourcesThe ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology who transports souls across the River Styx to the underworld. He requires payment of a coin (traditionally placed in the mouths of the dead during burial) to grant passage.
Acenes of Sparta: The Dragon Slayer
A dragon is the reason the 300 died. Leonidas used the magic of the gods to bind Kalaxes beneath Taygetus, and the price was his life and his men's. Sixty-two years later a seven-year-old of the agoge falls into the dragon's crypt and inherits the unpaid balance.
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