Acheron

[ ak-uh-ron ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
2. the infernal regions; hell; Hades.

Acheron

/ ˈækəˌrɒn /

noun

1. one of the rivers in Hades over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon Compare Styx
2. the underworld or Hades

Example Sentences

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.

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Acheron, ak′kėr-on, n. death, hell—from the name of that river in the infernal regions of classical mythology.

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And on the shores of Acheron northward yonder, there still is a simmering.

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Many souls enter Acheron, and, after a longer or shorter period, return to earth to be incarnated in new bodies.

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Acheron: a river of the lower world; here used for the lower world itself.

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