Phlegethon
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In Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon () or Pyriphlegethon (, ) is one of the five rivers in the infernal regions of the underworld, along with the rivers Styx, Lethe, Cocytus, and Acheron.
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- Mythology
- ''The Divine Comedy''
- Notes
- References
In Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon () or Pyriphlegethon (, ) is one of the five rivers in the infernal regions of the underworld, along with the rivers Styx, Lethe, Cocytus, and Acheron.
==Mythology== According to Homer's Odyssey, the Phlegethon feeds into the river Acheron, alongside the Cocytus. Plato describes it as "a stream of fire, which coils round the earth and flows into the depths of Tartarus".
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