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Definition of Acheron

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

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)

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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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