Styx

2 definitions found

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

  Styx \Styx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
     The principal river of the lower world, which had to be
     crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Styx
       n : (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon
           carried dead souls [syn: {River Styx}]