Phlegethon

See also: Phlégéthon

English

Alternative forms

• Phlegeton

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Phlegethōn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων (Phlegéthōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛɡɪθɒn/, /ˈflɛdʒɪθɒn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛɡɪθɑn/, /ˈflɛdʒɪθɑn/

Proper noun

Phlegethon

1. (Greek mythology) A river of fire in Hades.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.2:

     Firebrand of hell first tynd in Phlegeton, / By thousand furies, and from thence out throwen / Into this world, to worke confusion, / And set it all on fire by force vnknowen / Is wicked discord [...].

Coordinate terms

• Acheron, Cocytus, Eridanos, Lethe, Styx

Translations

river of the underworld

• French: Phlégéthon (fr) m
• Greek: Φλεγέθων m (Flegéthon)

  Ancient: Φλεγέθων m (Phlegéthōn)

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• Italian: Flegetonte m
• Latin: Phlegethōn m
• Spanish: Flegetonte m