Crossword clues for acheron
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.
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
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.
Wikipedia
The Acheron (; (Acheron) or Ἀχερούσιος (Acherusius); (Acherontas)) is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. Its source is near the village Zotiko, in the southwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit it flows into the Ionian Sea in Ammoudia, near Parga.
Acheron is an American death/black metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was formed by Vincent Crowley in 1988.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Acheron , also known as The Infernal Battlefield of Acheron, is a lawful neutral/ lawful evil-aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) cosmology, used in the Planescape, Greyhawk and some editions of the Forgotten Realms campaign settings.
Acheron may refer to:
In places:
- Acheron, a river in Greece, believed in ancient Greek mythology to branch into the underworld
- Acheron, Victoria, a town in Australia
- Acheron River (Victoria), Australia
- Acheron River (Marlborough), New Zealand
- Acheron River (Canterbury), New Zealand
In fiction:
- Acheron LV-426, the planet where the film Alien, and its sequel Aliens, are primarily set
- Acheron (Dungeons & Dragons), one of the Outer Planes in Dungeons and Dragons cosmology
- The Acheron, a fictional 19th-century French warship in the motion picture Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Acheron Parthenopaeus, a character in the Dark-Hunter series of romance books
- Acheron Hades, a diabolical villain in Jasper Fforde's book The Eyre Affair
- Acheron, a main character of the webcomic Inverloch
- Acheron Empire, a kingdom in the fantasy tales of Robert E. Howard
- Acheron, a character in the sixth season of Winx Club
In other uses:
- Acherontas, a Greek black metal band formed by Nikolaos Panagopoulos
- Acheron (band), a Florida death metal band
- Acheron, the earlier name for Abramelin, a Melbourne death metal band
- HMS Acheron, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy
- Acheron-class torpedo boat, a torpedo boat of the New South Wales Naval Brigade
- Acheron language, a language of Sudan
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.