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In Greek mythology, Styx (/ ˈ s t ɪ k s /; Ancient Greek: Στύξ; lit. "Shuddering" [1]), also called the River Styx, is a goddess and one of the rivers of the Greek Underworld. Her parents were the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and she was the wife of the Titan Pallas and the mother of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia.
Brongos - Βρόγγος (Ancient Greek), [55] Balgarska Morava - Българска Морава (former Bulgarian), Bulgarian Morava (former English), Južna Morava - Јужна Морава (Macedonian, Serbian) West Morava: Angros - Ανγρος (Ancient Greek), [55] Zapadna Morava - Западна Морава (Serbian, Bosnian) Moselle
At some time prior to being called Evrotas, the river was the Bomycas and the Himeras. [3] One etymology derives the word Eurōtas from the ancient Greek eurōs (εὐρώς), "mold". [4] The adjective, eurōeis, "moldy," is genuinely ancient, used as an epithet of Hades in Homer. [5] It is, however, in the Ionic dialect.
Niger: from the Tuareg phrase gher n gheren meaning "river of rivers", shortened to ngher. Nile: from Greek Neilos (Νεῖλος), sometimes derived from the Semitic Nahal "river." Nossob: from Khoikhoi meaning "black river". Ohlanga: from Zulu meaning "reed". Olifants: from Afrikaans meaning "elephants".
Herodotus suspects the word Eridanos to be essentially Greek in character, and notably forged by some unknown poet, and expresses his disbelief in the whole concept—passed on to him by others, themselves not eye-witnesses—of such a river flowing into a northern sea, surrounding Europe, where the mythical Amber and Tin Isles were supposed ...
In Greek mythology, Lethe (/ ˈ l iː θ iː /; Ancient Greek: Λήθη Lḗthē; Ancient Greek: [lɛ̌ːtʰɛː], Modern Greek:) was one of the rivers of the underworld of Hades. Also known as the Amelēs potamos (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the Underworld where all those who drank from it ...
Following is a list of rivers of classical antiquity stating the Latin name, the equivalent English name, and also, in some cases, Greek and local name. The scope is intended to include, at least, rivers named and known widely in the Roman empire.
Ancient Greek literary sources such as Pindar, Aeschylus, Euripides, Plato, and Callimachus also place Charon on the Acheron. Roman poets, including Propertius, Ovid, and Statius, name the river as the Styx, perhaps following the geography of Virgil's underworld in the Aeneid, where Charon is associated with both rivers.