ferryman

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The ferryman jokes that the rubber has returned to its origins.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

This week, a different anticyclone, named for Hades’ ferryman, also drifted from North Africa toward Europe’s outer-region nations, consigning Italy to crisis mode.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2023

European news outlets are referring to the latest heat wave in Southern Europe as “Caronte,” after the ferryman in Dante Alighieri’s poem “Inferno.”

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

An anticyclone nicknamed Charon - who in Greek mythology was the ferryman of the dead - could cause Europe to break its highest recorded temperature of 48.8C, possibly on the Italian island of Sardinia.

From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2023

A wooden platform had been constructed along its back, and the ferryman stood at the front of this holding a long rod that dipped into the river.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older