Charon was not a person, but Char-On, the temple of the Sun.
[538] Των περι την Αιτνην και Λεοντινην Κυκλωπας (δυναστευσαι). Strabo. l. 1. p. 38.
[539] The province of Leontina called Xuthia. Diodorus. l. 5. p. 291.
[540] Cyclops. v. 297.
[541] Lycophron. v. 659.
Γλυκυτατα φασι τα κρεα τους ξενους φερειν.
Ουδεις μολων δευρ', ὁστις ου κατεσφαγη. Euripid. Cyclops. v. 126.
[543] The river Nilus was called Triton, and afterwards Nilus. Μετωνομασθῃ δε απο Νειλου του Κυκλωπος. Scholia in Apollon. l. 4. v. 268.
Nilus Deorum maximus. Huetii Demons. Evang. Prop. 4. p. 111.