Psyche and Charon 
 
 A. Zick, Artist 
 
 
 
 PSYCHE is thus instru[ted to seek Proserpine in order 
         to secure from her the beauty which Venus has com- 
         missioned her to bring. 
     "Go on, without delay, till you arrive at the river of 
the Dead, where Charon, sternly demanding his fee, ferries 
the passengers over in his crazy boat to the further shore. 
*    *     *    To this squalid old man give one of the pieces 
of money which you carry with you. But, above all things I 
warn you, be particularly cautious not to open or look in the 
box which you carry." 
                             Apuleius" "The Golden Ass."