Acheron
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
the infernal regions; hell; Hades.
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How to use Acheron in a sentence
Acheron, at first the name of a river of the lower world, came to be used as a name for the whole of the lower world generally.
Milton's Comus | John MiltonAcheron, ak′kėr-on, n. death, hell—from the name of that river in the infernal regions of classical mythology.
And on the shores of Acheron northward yonder, there still is a simmering.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleMany souls enter Acheron, and, after a longer or shorter period, return to earth to be incarnated in new bodies.
Reincarnation | Th. PascalAcheron: a river of the lower world; here used for the lower world itself.
British Dictionary definitions for Acheron
/ (ˈækəˌrɒn) /
one of the rivers in Hades over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon: Compare Styx
the underworld or Hades
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