Charon Quiz

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1. What coin was customarily placed in the mouth of the deceased as payment for Charon?

   1. A didrachm
   2. An obol
   3. A drachma
   4. A stater
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   Answer: An obol

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2. What did Heracles drag away from the throne of Hades, according to Charon in Virgil?

   1. The Chimera
   2. The Hydra
   3. The guardian dog of the underworld
   4. The Minotaur
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   Answer: The guardian dog of the underworld

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3. In Virgil, how long do the unburied wander the shores before they are admitted across?

   1. Ten years
   2. A thousand years
   3. Fifty years
   4. A hundred years
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   Answer: A hundred years

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4. In which literary work does Aeneas meet Charon during his descent into the Underworld?

   1. The Aeneid
   2. The Odyssey
   3. The Theogony
   4. The Iliad
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   Answer: The Aeneid

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5. In Lucian’s dialogues, who herds the dead to Charon’s boat?

   1. Hermes
   2. Cerberus
   3. Hades
   4. Thanatos
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   Answer: Hermes

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6. In Aristophanes’ Frogs, which god does Charon make take an oar?

   1. Dionysus
   2. Hermes
   3. Apollo
   4. Heracles
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   Answer: Dionysus

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7. What does the Sibyl show Charon so that his anger subsides?

   1. A laurel wreath
   2. A bag of obols
   3. The golden bough
   4. A silver branch
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   Answer: The golden bough

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8. In which lost epic, quoted by Pausanias, is Charon first mentioned?

   1. The Little Iliad
   2. The Cypria
   3. The Thebaid
   4. The Minyas
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   Answer: The Minyas

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