To their croak! croak! croak!
[BACCHUS pays his two oboli and is landed.
THE PASSAGE OF THE STYX
CHARON, BACCHUS, and XANTHIAS
Charon.Hoy! Bear a hand there! Heave ashore!
Bacchus.What’s this?
Xanthias.The lake it is—the place he told us of.
By Jove! and there’s the boat—and here’s old Charon!
Bacchus.Well, Charon! Welcome, Charon! Welcome kindly!
Charon.Who wants the ferryman? Anybody waiting