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from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Charon, the ferryman, in Greek mythology, of the lower world.
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Clytemnestra's ghost now ascends by the charonic stairs, and, passing through the orchestra, appears on the stage.
Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature August Wilhelm Schlegel 1806
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