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Styx
The chief river of the underworld, by which the gods swear; one of the two streams flowing from a single source in Tartarus.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §1 guardian of Styx
The chief river of the underworld, by which the gods swear their unbreakable oath.
- Hercules (Mad) §104 the violated Styx
The chief underworld river, by which the gods swear, breached now that Hercules has carried off Cerberus.
- Hercules (Mad) §723 the sacred Styx
The Styx and Acheron flow from one source by Dis's palace; the Styx is the oath-river of the gods.
- Hercules on Oeta §2017 the Stygian shades
The Styx, chief river of the underworld; the chorus affirms that true valor is never carried down to it.
- Natural Questions §3.25.1 the Styx
Here the actual Arcadian death-spring (named for the underworld river), whose water hardened in the body like gypsum.
- Octavia §79 Stygian shades
The Styx, chief river of the underworld; the 'Stygian shades' are the dead.
- Oedipus §154 Styx
The chief river of the underworld, mixed now with the streams of Sidon (Thebes).
- Phaedra §138 Styx
The chief river of the underworld, by which the gods swear.
- Thyestes §641 dread Styx
The chief river of the underworld, by which the gods swear their binding oaths; the grove's black pool mirrors it.
- The Trojan Women §538 Styx
The great river of the underworld; Andromache prays the earth hide her son in its deep fold.