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οἰνο-χάρων

oinocharon · ὁ

Wine-Charon

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What it meant

οἰνο-χάρων · oino-charōn — LSJ

Wine-Charon, sent them over the Styx, fond of wine

Wine-Charon, Com. epith. of Philip of Macedon (son of Demetrius), because he put poison in his enemies’ wine, and so sent them over the Styx ; including an allusion to his being fond of wine (cf. foreg.), AP 11.12.

Where it came from

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