Meaning of Styx | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.
   Greek
2. The 5th moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012.
3. A locality in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

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Examples

“A bold bad man, that dar'd to call⟳ by name⟳ / Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead night, / At which Cocytus quakes and Styx is put⟳ to flight.”

“For two-and-twenty years he [Doctor Guillotin], unguillotined, shall hear⟳ nothing but guillotine, see⟳ nothing but guillotine; then dying, shall through long centuries wander⟳, as it were, a disconsolate ghost, on the wrong side of Styx and Lethe; his name⟳ like⟳ to outlive Cæsar’s.”

“Bornless one / As darkness bright / Found not in tongues / Found not in light⟳ / Bring⟳ down the rain⟳ / Drain waters of Styx / Faustian luminary / Redeem blaspheme / Like⟳ a day without the dawn / Like⟳ a ray void of the sun / Like⟳ a storm that brings no calm / I'm most complete⟳ yet so undone”

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