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

“I thought the Acheron was in the Underworld.”

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As Aeneas stared in wonder the Sibyl told him they had reached the junction of two great rivers of the underworld, the Cocytus, named of lamentation loud, and the Acheron.

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When the Acheron, a metal haven in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, closed in 2016, it left a limited number of clubs that regularly host more extreme or lesser-known metal bands.

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She has found solace only in alcohol and her job teaching at Acheron College in upstate New York.

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Sentenced to death for disobeying the king’s order not to bury one of her brothers, she takes off her shoes to step into the river of Acheron.

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