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Definition of River Acheron
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon.
Group relationships: Hades, Hell, Infernal Region, Netherworld, Scheol, Underworld
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: River
Derivative terms: Acheronian
Lexicographical Neighbors of River Acheron
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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