river acheron

English Thesaurus

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

instance hypernym	:	river,
definition	:	a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) (noun.object)

part meronym	:	hades, hell, infernal region, netherworld, scheol, underworld,
definition	:	(religion) the world of the dead (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	greek mythology,
definition	:	the mythology of the ancient Greeks (noun.group)

derivation	:	acheronian, acherontic, stygian,
definition	:	dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades (adj.all)

derivation	:	acheronian, acherontic, stygian,
definition	:	dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades (adj.all)