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Pyriphlegethon en · PROPN

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Pyriphlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Πυριφλεγέθων (Puriphlegéthōn).

Meanings

1. Synonym of Phlegethon.
   • The Greeks believed that Hades was beneath the earth. It had five rivers—the Acheron, the Kokytos, the Lethe, the Pyriphlegethon, and the Styx. Each served as a boundary between the land of the living and the land of the dead. 1974, C[ovington] Scott Littleton, “Hades”, in The World Book Encyclopedia, volume 9 (H), Chicago, Ill.: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, →ISBN, page 4, column 2:

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Synonyms

Phlegethon