Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928 · London, Rivingtons · leaf 244
now no longer a mere ferryman, rather he is ;a terrible impersonation ofHades itself He rides a coal-black horse, his eyes gleam iire, and, Erlkonigfashion, he drags off children from their struggling parents. i-rr-qKoKoiSricre 5i 6 TloKiyvoiTO^ i/jLol SoKilv Toiijaei MivudSi.. — PauS.X. 28. ^ of… … Pi. 32. MYTH OF THE DESCENT INTO HADES. 121 man tortured for sacrilege. Above the criminals, and abovethe boat of Charon, watches a grim and terrible fiend, ofwhom no author known to Pausauias makes mention, aDelphic Hades-demon, Eurynomus,^ of blue-black colour,like flesh-eating flies. He lies…
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