Phlegethon

[fleg-uh-thon, flej-]

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noun

Also called Pyriphlegethon.��Classical Mythology.��a river of fire, one of five rivers surrounding Hades.
(often lowercase)��a stream of fire or fiery light.

Phlegethon

/ ˈ�ڱ�ɛɡɪˌθɒ�� /

noun

Greek myth a river of fire in Hades

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Other Word Forms

Phlegethontal adjective
Phlegethontic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Phlegethon¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; late Middle English, from Latin, from Greek ��é�ٳ�ō�� “blazing, flaming,” noun use of present participle of ��é�ٳ�𾱲� “to blaze”; phlegm

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Phlegethon¹

C14: from Greek, literally: blazing, from phlegethein to flame, blaze

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Their tattered clothes steamed from the heat of the river, but they kept going until they crumpled to their knees at the banks of the Phlegethon.

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“The Phlegethon flows from Hades’s realm down into Tartarus.”

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“The Phlegethon keeps the wicked in one piece so that they can endure the torments of the Fields of Punishment. I think...it might be the Underworld equivalent of ambrosia and nectar.”

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Drinking from the Phlegethon was like gulping down a ghost chili smoothie.

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Now there were only two choices: downriver or upriver, skirting the banks of the Phlegethon.

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phlebotomy phlegm

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