Acheron
ACHERON, in Greek mythology,
the son of Gaea or Demeter. As a punishment for supplying the Titans
with water in their contest with Zeus, he was turned into a river of
Hades, over which departed souls were ferried by Charon. The name
(meaning the river of “woe”) was eventually used to designate the whole
of the lower world (Stobaeus, Ecl. Phys. i. 41, sec. sec. 50, 54).
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