Charon near death/very sick/badly injured"). During the Korean War, the Greek Expeditionary Force defended an outpost called Outpost Harry. The Greek soldiers referred to it as "Outpost Haros". Charon In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (; Greek Χάρων) is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. A coin to pay Charon for passage, usually an obolus or danake, was sometimes placed in or on the mouth of a dead person. Some authors say that those who could not
Bathochordaeus charon H. Robison, using a ROV in the Monterey Bay, California, USA. A small number of "Bathochordaeus" have been found near Bermuda, in the Indian Ocean, or off the Nansei islands but they differ significantly from "B. charon". Bathochordaeus charon Bathochordaeus charon is a species of giant larvacean, a solitary, free-swimming tunicate that filter feeds in surface waters. The species was named after Charon, the mythical Greek ferryman who carried the souls of the dead across the rivers dividing the world of the living from the world of the dead. First description of this very large larvacean was provided in 1900