River Styx

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River Styx - (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls

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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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