Definition of River Acheron

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon.

Exact synonyms: Acheron
Group relationships: Hades, Hell, Infernal Region, Netherworld, Scheol, Underworld
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: River
Derivative terms: Acheronian

Lexicographical Neighbors of River Acheron

Ritchie
Ritesh
Ritgen's manoeuvre
Ritson
Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse-Manogian procedure
Ritter's law
Ritter's opening tetanus
Ritter-Rollet phenomenon
Ritual Decalogue
Ritz
Ritz's combination principle
Riva-Rocci sphygmomanometer
Rivas
Rivea corymbosa
River Acheron (current term)
River Adige
River Aire
River Arno
River Avon
River Cam
River Cocytus
River Kasai
River Lethe
River Plate
River Severn
River Styx
River Thames
River Trent
River Tyne

Literary usage of River Acheron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1829)
"Hence came the Grecian fable of Charon and the Styx. 2. A river in Calabria. 3. A lake in Epirus, through which runs the river Acheron. 4. ..."

2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"Hence came the Grecian fable of Charon and the Styx. 2. A river in Calabria. 3. A lake in Epirus, through which runs the river Acheron. 4. ..."

3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake (1851)
"Hence came the Grecian fable of Charon and the Styx. 2. A river in Calabria. 3. A lake in Epirus, through which runs the river Acheron. 4. ..."

4. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1873)
"... and the river Acheron, probably in allusion to the Hues ... while in the act of crossing the river Acheron, and his body was carried down by the stream ..."

5. A Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Cabiri by George Stanley Faber (1803)
"Thus, there was a lake Ache- rufis and a river Acheron in Epirus p ... that the infernal river Acheron is nothing more than the fly-god Acca- ron, or Achor, ..."

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