Euripides, Alcestis 252 ff (trans. Vellacott) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) :
"Alkestis: I see him there at the oars of his little boat in the lake, the ferryman of the dead, Kharon, with his hand upon the oar and he calls me now. `What keeps you? Hurry, you hold us back.' He is urging me on in angry impatience."
Says it all really, it`s a steady job and more relaxing than what went before ;-)
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