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χ135ΧάρωνCharon… And queries and announcements associated with his ferrying come from Charon [Author, Myth]: "Who [is going] to a rest from evils (toils) and troubles?" "Who [is going] to the Plain of Lethe?" He has …Matched in translationhighmedium
α1998Ἀνάπαυλανrest… dead. "Who is [bound] for rests from evils and troubles?" Charon [Author, Myth] announces [this], and lists as destinations. "Who is for the Plain of Oblivion?" The Plain of Oblivion is a place of …Matched in translationhighmedium

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[Synonymous with] death. And queries and announcements associated with his ferrying come from Charon [Author, Myth]: "Who [is going] to a rest from evils (toils) and troubles?" "Who [is going] to the Plain of Lethe?" He…

Χάρων· ὁ θάνατος. καὶ πορθμευτικαὶ παρὰ Χάρωνος πεύσεις καὶ κηρύγματα· τίς εἰς ἀναπαύλας ἐκ κακῶν [πόνων] καὶ πραγμάτων; τίς εἰς τὸ Λήθης πεδίον; χωρίον διατετύπωκεν ἐν ᾅδου οὕτω…