Acheron Greek Mythology Novels & Stories

He trembles, jaw hanging open. “It’s the mark of Charon,” Bradley whispers. “A moon of Pluto. Also, in Greek mythology, the ferryman of the dead, who transports people across the River Styx to Hades.” Ned’s hand drops limply to his side. He turns, his eyes blank, gaping slack-jawed at Bradley, the black mark of Charon glimmering on his forehead. “And it looks like you just paid Charon’s toll. Or maybe I did, for you,” Bradley amends. “This is new to me.”

I thought I was about to be found out. “But Athena, I noticed something…” she said, clearly thinking. “Aaron kinda looks like Sir Zach. Like a carbon copy,” she added, shocking me. Good thing I had already swallowed the water I was drinking, or I might’ve choked. Dear God, I thought no one would notice, but someone did. Why doesn’t my child look like me? Why does he have to look just like his father? “Y-You’re just seeing things, you’re crazy,” I said, avoiding her gaze.

In addition to her parents, Persephone had one full sibling, a minor deity named Iacchus, and a myriad of half-siblings from both her mother and father. Zagreus, or “Great Hunter,” was the god of Orphic Mysteries. His birth was the result of a tryst between the goddess Persephone and Zeus when the god disguised himself as a serpent and seduced the Queen of the Underworld. Once he was born, Zeus placed Zagreus on the throne of heaven and gave the child his lightning bolts, unknowing that the Titanes would trick and dismember the boy once Hera poisoned their minds against him. Zeus saved the child’s heart and made it into a potion that Semele drank, thereby conceiving Dionysos.

Charon. In ancient mythology, Charon was the ferryman who carried the souls of the newly deceased across the river Styx. With a codename like that, it was clear this person had to be from their territory. Sure enough, Ezra nodded. "Yes, she's from our region. And she's a woman, but extremely mysterious. Mr. Campbell used the Campbell family's intelligence network, along with the Clark family, Cooper family, Redmont family, and Reed family, but they couldn't find much about her."