The artist had evidently a picture of Charon and his acherontic boat in his mind, which was thus reproduced in his feverish dreams.
"Modern Magic"
Maximilian Schele de Vere
The world, and especially our England, has, within the last thirty years, been vexed and teased by a set of Devils, whom I detest so much that I almost hunger after an acherontic promotion to a Torturer, purposely for their accommodation.
"Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends"
John Keats