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Acheron
A river of the underworld; Anchises's shade is summoned, 'sent back from Acheron.'
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §5.99 Acheron
A river of the underworld; Anchises's shade is called up 'sent back from Acheron.'
- The Aeneid §6.107 Acheron
A river of the underworld; its overflow makes the dark marsh at the gate of the dead.
- The Aeneid §11.23 Acheron
River of the underworld; burial is 'the only honor there is deep under Acheron.'