Definition of Acheran

Definition of Acheran

Ach`eron, a river in the underworld; the name of several rivers in Greece more or less suggestive of it.

- Wikipedia

Ach"e*ron (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(Proper noun) (Mythology): A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
Quotations
*And pull her out of Acheron by the heels - Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, IV-iii

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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