The use of the figures of Charon and the River Styx is quite recurrent in Western literature. The most important occurrence is found in the Italian poet Dante's (1265–1321)Divine Comedy,in which Charon sees a living man (Dante's alter ego) journeying in the inferno and challenges him. ...
The Titans who fought alongside Zeus and the other Olympians were allowed to keep their rank and power in the new order. The river Styx and her children were the first to come to Zeus’ side. Thereafter, Styx was given a place of honor (and dread) among the immortals as The Oath ...
Born from the springs, the rivers, the seas, at death man arrives at the waters of the Styx in order to enter upon the “night journey on the sea.” The wish is that the black water of death might be the water of life; that death, with its cold embrace, might be the mother’s...
The Acheron Valley is defined by a river that flows from the base of a mountain. In ancient times, it was thought to be a branch of the River Styx and was the place where Homer had Odysseus meet the shade of the prophet Tiresias. He thought there was a shrine there. I had to ...
Pluto in ancient Roman mythology is the equivalent of Hades, the god of the underworld, i.e. the god of death. The reason why astronomers named it after Styx was because the nymph is typically associated to the River Styx – the river that divides the living world from the underworld. ...
She was known being the women to honour men on their victorious wins in battles or friendly competitions. Roman mythology named her Victoria, taking root from the name what she represents as victory. She is the daughter of the giant Pallas and the infernal River Styx. She also has siblings ...
. . : ‘Now let Gaia (Gaea, Earth) be my witness in this, and wide Ouranos (Uranus, Heaven) above us, and the dripping water of the Styx, which oath is the biggest and most terrible among the blessed immortals.’"Homeric Hymn 3 to Delian Apollo 84 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (...
the river Styx into the underworld (this is the ferryman imagery we see sometimes in art or stories, he requires payment for passage. Often a gold coin under the tongue.) This is also Greek mythology from my understanding which is perhaps why we in the West are so familiar with this ...
He didn’t think much of fates and prophecies, but he did believe in one thing: Annabeth and he were supposed to be together.”–Percy Jackson, ‘The House Of Hades’ “When I was at the river Styx, turning invulnerable…Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchor...
‘Well you deserve to be my son,’ he said, ‘Truly your mother named your lineage; and to dispel all doubt, ask what you will that I may satisfy your heart's desire; and that dark marsh [the river Styx] by which the gods make oath, though to my eyes unknown, shall seal my ...