Cocytus

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mythological river river of the Greek underworld underworld location

Cocytus is one of the mythological rivers of the Greek underworld, often associated with lamentation and the souls of the dead.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Cocytus canonical	4

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mythological river ⓘ river of the Greek underworld ⓘ underworld location ⓘ
appearsIn	later Roman and medieval mythographic traditions ⓘ
associatedWith	lamentation ⓘ punishment ⓘ souls of the dead ⓘ wailing ⓘ
category	Greek underworld rivers ⓘ mythological bodies of water ⓘ
contrastedWith	Lethe as river of forgetfulness ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	associated with cries of the damned ⓘ connected with mourning ⓘ gloomy ⓘ
hasDomain	Greek religion NERFINISHED ⓘ classical mythology ⓘ
hasEtymology	Greek word "kōkytos" meaning "lamentation" or "wailing" ⓘ
influenced	later literary depictions of hellish rivers ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedInMythology	realm of Hades ⓘ
mentionedIn	Greek mythology ⓘ works of classical Greek literature ⓘ
oneOf	five rivers of the Greek underworld ⓘ rivers of Hades ⓘ
parallelTo	Acheron NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethe NERFINISHED ⓘ Phlegethon NERFINISHED ⓘ Styx NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Greek underworld ⓘ Hades NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInMythology	boundary or region for the dead ⓘ
symbolizes	eternal lamentation ⓘ grief ⓘ sorrow ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Hades → hasRiver → Cocytus ⓘ

Underworld → containsRiver → Cocytus ⓘ

River Styx → groupMembersInclude → Cocytus ⓘ

River Cocytus → hasLatinName → Cocytus ⓘ

subject surface form: Cocytus