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River of Woe
Answer for the clue "River of Woe ", 7 letters:
acheron
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, fabled river of the Lower World in Greek mythology. The name perhaps means "marsh-like" (compare Greek akherousai "marshlike water"); the derivation from Greek akhos "woe" is considered folk etymology.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Greek mythology English) A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. 2 (context literary English) Hell 3 A language of Sudan.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acheron \Ach"e*ron\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. --Shak.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Acheron is an American death/black metal band from Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania that was formed by Vincent Crowley in 1988.
Usage examples of acheron.
Remember, the Neutrals are found only a few rods from Acheron, the first river of Hell.
Here is a downward path to the abode of Hades, and the headland of Acherusia stretches aloft, and eddying Acheron cleaves its way at the bottom, even through the headland, and sends its waters forth from a huge ravine.
Though he did not know it, he was seeing the Acheron, the only spaceship ever to be built specifically for war.
The Acheron and Eridanus came out of their dives about a kilometer above the fort.
There were a good many things about the Acheron he did not understandher speed, above allbut there was one point that emerged very clearly and upon which Commodore Brennan must be left in no doubt.
Five men could leave the Acheron alive, but her captain would not be among them.
Halstead did not know that Commodore Brennan had other ideas, and had by no means abandoned hope, desperate though the situation on board the Acheron seemed.
For the next minutes, the overcrowded compartments of the Acheron presented a fantastic spectacle.
Side by side, the Pegasus and the Acheron raced toward the distant planet that only one of them would ever reach.
It was lucky for the crew of the Acheron that four pressure bulkheads were still intact.
The men of the Acheron, Halstead was relieved to see, all appeared to be conscious and to be doing everything they could to help.
Commodore Bren-nan, the last man aboard the Acheron, adjusted the timing circuit that would start the drive in thirty seconds.
And here is the outfall of the river Acheron which bursts its way through the headland and falls into the Eastern sea, and a hollow ravine brings it down from above.
And quickly with the oars they passed out through the river Acheron and, trusting to the wind, shook out their sails, and with canvas spread far and wide they were cleaving their passage through the waves in fair weather.
Then she began to incant in a language that was old before purple-towered Python rose in the lost empire of Acheron, over three thousand years before.