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THE RIVERS OF THE UNDERWORLD

Zeus made Styx the goddess by whom the most solemn oaths were sworn. Styx is the nymph of the Underworld River Styx. Lethe is the Underworld river of oblivion. The dead would drink the waters of Lethe to forget their earthly existence. The Acheron is the River of Woe. The ferryman Charon was at one time thought to ferry the dead across the Acheron, which separated the lower world from the upper. The Phlegethon is a river of fire, which joins up with the Acheron. The Cocytus is the river of cries or lamentation. X