\b0 A mythological character, Charon was the ferryman of the souls of the de
ad in the tradition of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. He is depicted by \b \cf4 \ATXht5 Michelangelo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 on the basis of the figure described by \b \cf4 \ATXht418 Dante\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 in the third Canto of the \b \cf4 \ATXht70800 Infern
o\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Charon does not belong to the Christian tradition.\par