In greek or roman mythology, who was the driver of the carriage to the underworld???

Answer 1

Charon, in Greek mythology, is the ferryman of the dead. The souls of the deceased are brought to him by Hermes, and Charon ferries them across the river Acheron. He only accepts the dead which are buried or burned with the proper rites, and if they pay him an obolus (coin) for their passage. For that reason a corpse had always an obolus 1 placed under the tongue.
Those who cannot afford the passage, or are not admitted by Charon, are doomed to wander on the banks of the Styx for a hundred years. Living persons who wish to go to the underworld need a golden bough obtained from the Cumaean Sibyl. Charon is the son of Erebus and Nyx. He is depicted as an sulky old man, or as a winged demon carrying a double hammer. He is similar to the Etruscan (Charun).

Answer 2

Ok there was not carriage that took the dead to the underworld, but there was a boatman that took them across the river Styx. Here is some info, if you want it.


Charon,in Greek mythology, the son of Night and of Erebus, who personified the darkness under the earth through which dead souls passed to reach the home of Hades, the god of death. Charon was the aged boatman who ferried the souls of the dead across the River Styx to the gates of the underworld. He would admit to his boat only the souls of those who had received the rites of burial and whose passage had been paid with a coin placed under the tongue of the corpse. Those who had not been buried and whom Charon would not admit to his boat were doomed to wait beside the Styx for 100 years.
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Answer 3

In Greek myth, i think it was Charon. I'll just check

Yup, it was Charon

Charon was the ferryman, and took the spirits of the dead towards the mainland of the Underworld across the river Styx. Also, when a god would swear an oath, he would swear it by the river Styx.

Answer 4

Charon was the boatman who operated the ferry to transport the dead across the River Styx. You must pay the boatman his two coins to get across, which is why they put a coin on the eyes of the deceased.

Charon wore a hooded monks robe and you could only see his skeletal hands as he worked the single oar to propell the boat.

Answer 5

Pluto used a chariot to take Persephone's daughter and others into the depths of Hades. Charon was a boatman and not a user of wheels of any kind.

Answer 6

A stumpy li'l guy named 'Ziggy' - but he din't think the name his momma gave him was cool, so he changed it to 'Charon' 'cuz he liked barbecue ... and it matched his tattoo also too ...