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English: Line drawing based on Greek lekythos, depicting Charon 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, Athenian Lekythoi with Outline Drawing in Matt Color on a White Ground (Macmillan, 1914), p. 85 online.
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  • 2008-10-31 17:28 (UTC) | Cynwolfe | 18249 (bytes) | 423×350 | {{Information |Description=Line drawing based on Greek [[lekythos]], depicting [[Charon]] 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. Orig

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