Acheron

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acheron \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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Acheron
       n : (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of
           the dead were carried by Charon [syn: {River Acheron}]