Definition of Acheron

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

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

Definition of Acheron

1. n. A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.

Definition of Acheron

1. Proper noun. (mythology) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. ¹

2. Proper noun. (literary) Hell ¹

3. Proper noun. A language of Sudan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Acheron

1. A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acheron

acheiropoietic
acheiropoieton
acheirous
achelate
acheless
achelike
achelor
achelors
achene
achenes
achenia
achenial
achenium
acheniums
acher
acheron (current term)
acherontic
achers
aches
acheth
achiasmatic
achier
achiest
achiev'd
achievabilities
achievability
achievable
achievance
achievances
achieve

Literary usage of Acheron

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

1. Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical by Christopher Wordsworth (1844)
"They stand on the verge of the plain, on the right bank of the acheron. ... The acheron falls from these hills through a deep and rocky gorge: leaving these ..."

2. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c. by Gleeson White (1887)
"BALLADE OF acheron. Between the Midnight and the Morn, The under-world my soul espied ; I saw the shades of men out-worn, The Heroes fallen in their pride ..."

3. Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece 1 by James Wiseman (2003)
"Well protected by a series of high limestone cliffs, and continuously flushed out by the high discharge of the acheron River and its tributaries, ..."

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