river Styx
Charon's ferry route
The river Styx is the principal river of the Greek underworld, forming the boundary between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead.
Souls of the deceased crossed it on Charon's ferry.
The gods swore their most binding oaths upon it—an oath on the Styx could not be broken.
She felt as if she were crossing the river Styx suggests approaching death or an irreversible threshold.
- Greek mythologyAncient Greek divine narratives
- AcheronMythological river of sorrow
- CharonMythical underworld ferryman
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- boatWatercraft for travel
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Spiritually sustaining divine flow
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Sacramental liquid for blessings
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