Acheron

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n. Greek Mythology

The river of woe, one of the five rivers of Hades.

Acheron [ˈækəˌrɒn]

n Greek myth

1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) one of the rivers in Hades over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon Compare Styx

2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) the underworld or Hades

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Acheron - (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon

River Acheron

netherworld, Scheol, underworld, Hades, infernal region, Hell - (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis

Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

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Acheronian Acherontic Charon Cocytus ferryman Greek mythology Hades hell infernal region netherworld River Acheron River Cocytus Scheol stygian underworld			For my panacea, instead of one of those quack vials of a mixture dipped from Acheron and the Dead Sea, which come out of those long shallow black-schooner looking wagons which we sometimes see made to carry bottles, let me have a draught of undiluted morning air. Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context You will find it near the place where the rivers Pyriphlegethon and Cocytus (which is a branch of the river Styx) flow into Acheron, and you will see a rock near it, just where the two roaring rivers run into one another. The Odyssey by Homer View in context It was about midnight when we cycled through Kingston to Surbiton, having trundled our machines across Ham Fields, mournful in the mist as those by Acheron, and so over Teddington Bridge. Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context			acey-deucy ACGI ach ach-laut ach-y-fi Achaea Achaean Achaean League Achaemenid Achaian achalasia Acharnement acharya Achate Achates Achatina Achatour ache Achean Achebe Achelous achene Achenial Achephali Achernar Acheron Acheronian Acherontia Acherontia atropos Acherontic Acheson Acheson process Acheta Acheta assimilis Acheta domestica Acheulian achievability achievable Achievance achieve achieved achievement achievement age achievement quotient achievement test achiever Achill Achill Island Achille Ratti achillea Achillea millefolium			Acheloides Acheloos River Acheloues Acheloues Achelous Achelous Achelous (Greek mythology) Achelous (Greek mythology) Achelous River Acheminement Multiple Intelligent Routing Scheme Achemon AChemS Achems razor Achems razor Achems razor Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Achenbach Graphics Arts Council Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment achene achene Achenes Achenes Acheng Zhong achenial achenial Achenwall, Gottfried Achephali Acher Achernar Achernar Acheron Acheronian Acherontia Acherontia atropos Acherontic ACHERS Acherset aches aches aches aches aches ACHESA Acheson Acheson Acheson (disambiguation) Acheson (disambiguation) Acheson Doyle Partners Acheson process Acheson, Dean Acheson, Dean Acheson, Dean (Gooderham) Acheson, Dean (Gooderham) Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson, Edward Acheson, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Lila Bell ACHET Acheta Acheta

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