The Acheron also features prominently in Greek mythology, where it is often depicted as the entrance to the Greek Underworld where souls must be ferried across by Charon (although some later sources, such as Roman poets, assign this role to the river Styx).

2024年5月17日 · In Greek mythology, the Underworld, also known as the land of the dead or Hades, featured five rivers: Styx, Lethe, Archeron, Phlegethon, and Cocytus.

In Greek mythology Acheron was the god of the underworld river and lake of pain. Charon ferried the souls of the dead across its dark waters in his skiff.

The Acheron would be called the River of Pain, or Woe, in Greek mythology. Nearly all rivers in Greek mythology had a Potamoi, a river god, associated with them, and originally the Acheron has a son of Oceanus associated with it.

2023年2月27日 · The River Acheron, whose name comes from the Greek word for “pain” or “woe,” was usually identified with a river in Thesprotia in southern Epirus which flowed underground and was thought to run into the Underworld.

Acheron, river in Thesprotía in Epirus, Greece, that was thought in ancient times to go to Hades because it flowed through dark gorges and went underground in several places; an oracle of the dead was located on its bank.

2023年11月9日 · In ancient Greek mythology, Acheron was known as the river of pain and was one of the five rivers of the Greek underworld. In the Homeric poems, the Acheron was described as a river of Hades, into which Cocytus and Phlegethon both flowed.