Styx River
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The Styx River is a mythological river in Greek underworld lore, often depicted as the boundary between the world of the living and the dead and associated with solemn oaths sworn by the gods.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological river
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river of the Greek underworld ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Achilles
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Charon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hades (realm) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermes NERFINISHED ⓘ Olympian gods ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ oaths ⓘ souls of the deceased ⓘ the dead ⓘ |
| country | Ancient Greece (mythological context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
Charon
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ⓘ
souls of the dead ⓘ |
| etymology | possibly from Greek word meaning "hate" or "abhorrent" ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryWith |
Earth (realm of the living)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hades (realm of the dead) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
enforcing divine oaths
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separating mortal world from underworld ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Στύξ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMyth | Achilles made invulnerable when dipped in the Styx ⓘ |
| hasRole |
boundary between the world of the living and the dead
ⓘ
oath river of the gods ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration | Styx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western cultural conceptions of death and the afterlife
ⓘ
later literary depictions of the underworld ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greek underworld
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Hades NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hesiod's Theogony
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Homer's Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ Homer's Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ works of later Greek and Roman authors ⓘ |
| oathsConsequence |
perjuring god is deprived of nectar and ambrosia for a time
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perjury by a god leads to a period of exile from the gods ⓘ |
| oathsSwornBy | gods of Olympus ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greek mythology
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ⓘ
underworld rivers of Greek mythology ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Acheron
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ⓘ
Cocytus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethe NERFINISHED ⓘ Phlegethon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
hatred and abhorrence
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irreversible separation from life ⓘ unbreakable oath ⓘ |
| traversedBy | ferry of Charon ⓘ |
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