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Encyclopedia of Religion entry for

Acheron

In Homer several great rivers are represented as flowing through the world of the dead. One of these bears the name Acheron (river of woe). Later Legend imagines that the infernal regions are surrounded by these rivers. See O. Seyffert, Diet.

citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12

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