Line drawing based on Greek <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lekythos" class="extiw" title="en:lekythos">lekythos</a>, depicting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="en:Charon (mythology)">Charon</a> receiving the soul of a child. A woman, possibly the mother, carries a goose. In the background is a box presumed to contain grave offerings. Original lekythos described by Arthur Fairbanks, <i>Athenian Lekythoi with Outline Drawing in Matt Color on a White Ground</i> (Macmillan, 1914), p. 85 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fwsbAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA85&amp;dq=%22turned+to+face+Charon%22&amp;lr=&amp;as_brr=0">online.</a>
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