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Styx

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Styx  (stks)
n. Greek Mythology
The river across which the souls of the dead are ferried, one of the five rivers in Hades.
[Latin, from Greek Stux.]
Styx [stɪks]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a river in Hades across which Charon ferried the souls of the dead
[from Greek Stux; related to stugein to hate]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.StyxStyx - (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls
River Styx
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
Translations
Styx [stɪks] N → Estigio m, Laguna f Estigia
Styx [stɪks] n (Myth) the Styx → lo Stige
Styx [stɪks] n (Myth) the Styx → lo Stige


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For all that any man may gainsay, the ketch Arangi, trader and blackbirder in the Solomon Islands, may have signified in Jerry's mind as much the mysterious boat that traffics between the two worlds, as, at one time, the boat that Charon sculled across the Styx signified to the human mind.
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So after Good had rested a while, and we had drunk our fill of the water, which was sweet and fresh, and washed our faces, that needed it sadly, as well as we could, we started from the banks of this African Styx, and began to retrace our steps along the tunnel, Good dripping unpleasantly in front of us.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
But for that, David, I might believe that we were indeed come to the country beyond the Styx.
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