Acheron river near the village of Glyki.

The Acheron is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. Acheron translates as the "river of woe" and it was believed to be a branch of the underworld river Styx over which in ancient Greek mythology Charon ferried the newly dead souls across into Hades. The lake called Acherousia and the river still called Acheron with the nearby ruins of the Necromanteion are found near Parga on the mainland opposite Corfu. Greece is a wonderfule city and everyone should go there because it is hot and sunny and there is a lot of country history. Hermes Psykhopompos: sitting on a rock, the god is preparing to lead a dead soul to the Underworld, Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. ... In Greek mythology, Aeacus (Greek: Aiakos, bewailing or earth borne) was king in the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. ... This article is about the mythical three-headed dog. ... Michelangelos rendition of Charon. ... For other uses, see Hades (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Minos (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Greek goddess. ... In Greek myths, Rhadamanthus (Ῥαδαμάνθυς; also transliterated as Rhadamanthys or Rhadamanthos) was a wise king, the son of Zeus and Europa. ... The Asphodel Meadows is a section of the Ancient Greek underworld where indifferent and ordinary souls were sent to live after death. ... Cocytus, meaning the river of wailing (from the Greek κωκυτός, lamentation), is a river in the underworld in Greek mythology. ... -1... For other uses, see Erebus (disambiguation). ... In Classical Greek, Lethe (LEE-thee) literally means forgetfulness or concealment. The Greek word for truth is a-lethe-ia, meaning un-forgetfulness or un-concealment. In Greek mythology, Lethe is one of the several rivers of Hades. ... In Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon (lake of fire) was one of the five rivers of the underworld, along with the rivers Styx, Lethe, Cocytus, and Acheron. ... Styx may refer to: Styx (band), an American rock band popular in the 1970s and 1980s Styx (album), the first album released by the band Styx in 1972 Styx forest, a forest in Tasmania, Australia Styx (Game), a 1983 game by Windmill Software Styx (MUD), a text-based game Styx... This article is about the deity and the place in Greek mythology. ... This article is about the Greek myth. ... For the genus of dung beetle, see Sisyphus (beetle). ... Tantalos, by Goya In Greek mythology Tantalus (Greek Τάνταλος) was a son of Zeus[1] and the nymph Plouto (riches)[2] Thus he was a king in the primordial world, the father of a son Broteas whose very name signifies mortals (brotoi)[3] Other versions name his father as Tmolus wreathed... This article is about the race of Titans in Greek mythology. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixels, file size: 824 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixels, file size: 824 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... For other uses, see River (disambiguation). ... Epirus (Greek: Ήπειρος, Ípiros), is a periphery in northwestern Greece. ... In Greek mythology, Styx (Στυξ) is the name of a river which formed the boundary between Earth and the Underworld, Hades. ... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... Michelangelos rendition of Charon. ... For other uses, see Hades (disambiguation). ... Location In Mesopotamo. ... Parga (Greek: Πάργα), is a town and a municipality located in the northwestern part of Preveza in northwestern Greece being surrounded entirely by the prefecture of Thesprotia and is the only municipality in Greece that is surrounded by another prefecture. ... This article is about the Greek island Kerkyra known in English as Corfu or Corcyra. ...

Another branch of Acheron was believed to surface at the Acherusian cape (now Eregli in Turkey) and was seen by the Argonauts according to Apollonius of Rhodes. Greeks who settled in Italy identified the Acherusian lake into which Acheron flowed with Lake Avernus. Plato in his Phaedo identified Acheron as the second greatest river in the world, excelled only by Oceanus. He claimed that Acheron flowed in the opposite direction from Oceanus beneath the earth under desert places. The god of the river, son of Oceanus and Tethys fathered Ascalaphus with Orphne or Gorgyra. Karadeniz Eregli (Ereğli) is a city in Zonguldak, Turkey. ... The Argo, by Lorenzo Costa In Greek mythology, the Argonauts (Ancient Greek: ) were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest for the Golden Fleece. ... Apollonius of Rhodes, also known as Apollonius Rhodius (Latin; Greek Apollōnios Rhodios), early 3rd century BC - after 246 BC, was an epic poet, scholar, and director of the Library of Alexandria. ... Avernus was an ancient name for a crater near Cumae (Cuma), Italy in the Region of Campania north of Naples. ... For other uses, see Plato (disambiguation). ... Oceanus, with his wife, Tethys, ruled the seas before Poseidon. ... Oceanus, with his wife, Tethys, ruled the seas before Poseidon. ... In Greek mythology, Tethys was a Titaness and sea goddess who was both sister and wife of Oceanus. ... In Greek mythology, two people share the name Ascalaphus. ... In Greek mythology, Orphne was a nymph that lived in Hades. ...

The word is also occasionally used as a synecdoche for Hades itself. Virgil mentions Acheron with the other infernal rivers in his description of the underworld in Book VI of the Aeneid. In VII, line 312 he gives to Aeneas the famous saying, flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo: 'If I cannot deflect the will of Heaven, I shall move Hell.' The Acheron was sometimes referred to as a lake or swamp in Greek literature, as in Aristophanes' The Frogs and Euripides' Alcestis. In Dante's Inferno, the Acheron river forms the border of Hell. Following Greek mythology, Charon ferries souls across this river to Hell. Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which: a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing, or a term denoting a thing (a whole) is used to refer to part of it, or a term denoting a specific class of thing (a species... For other uses, see Virgil (disambiguation). ... Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 Galleria Borghese, Rome The Aeneid (IPA English pronunciation: ; in Latin Aeneis, pronounced — the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aeneidos) is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC (between 29 and 19 BC) that tells the legendary story... For other uses, see Aristophanes (disambiguation). ... Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Frogs Frogs (Βάτραχοι (Bátrachoi)) is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. ... A statue of Euripides. ... A princess in Greek mythology, Alcestis (might of the home) was known for her love for her husband. ... Dante redirects here. ... For other uses see The Divine Comedy (disambiguation), Dantes Inferno (disambiguation), and The Inferno (disambiguation) Dante shown holding a copy of The Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, with the spheres of Heaven above, in Michelino... This article is about the theological or philosophical afterlife. ... Michelangelos rendition of Charon. ...

Modern references

• Acheron was an empire ruled by sorcerer-kings predating the time of Conan the Barbarian by three millennia in Robert E. Howard's fictional Hyborian Age. [1]
• Acheron (earlier known as LV-426) is the name of the fictitious moon where the Alien was first encountered by humans in the movie Alien (1979) of the Alien Series, and where the movie Aliens was set.
• The main river that divides the city of Dis in the novel The Lost Kings is named Acheron.
• In Jasper Fforde's the Eyre Affair, the villain is named Acheron Hades.
• Hungarian black metal band Bornholm has a song called Acheron.
• A famous fencing group in Czech Republic is called Acheron
• Acheron is the leader of the Dark Hunters in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series. [2]
• Acheron is the name of the French privateer man of war that is chased after by the H.M.S. Surprise in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• In T. S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men", Acheron is probably the river mentioned in Part IV.

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• In the book God's Demon by Wayne Barlowe, the Hellish city of Adamantinarx is built upon a river called the Acheron.
• A devastated planet known as Acheron plays a starring role in the storyline of the Xbox 360 video game Project Sylpheed.
• Acheron is the name of an immortal hero in the Dark-Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
• The Pit of Acheron is mentioned in Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1
• Acheron is the plane of giant cubes and other polyhedrons in the Planescape campaign of the role playing game Dungeons and Dragons. See also Acheron (Dungeons & Dragons)
• In the RPG Golden Sun for the Gameboy Advance, there is a weapon known as the Darksword which unleashes an effect known as Acheron's Grief