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Cocytus

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Co·cy·tus  (k-kts, -s-)
n. Greek Mythology
One of the five rivers of Hades.
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Noun1.Cocytus - (Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron
River Cocytus
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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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.
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