Acheron River

E96253

mythological river river

The Acheron River is a historically significant river in northwestern Greece, famed in Greek mythology as one of the rivers of the underworld associated with the souls of the dead.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Acheron	8
Acheron River canonical	5
River Acheron	3
Acheron Gorge	1
Acheron River delta	1
Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Acheron)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mythological river ⓘ river ⓘ
associatedDeity	Charon ⓘ Hades ⓘ surface form: Hades (god)
associatedWith	Hades ⓘ souls of the dead ⓘ underworld ⓘ
contrastedWith	River Cocytus ⓘ surface form: Cocytus River River Lethe ⓘ surface form: Lethe River River Phlegethon ⓘ surface form: Phlegethon River Styx River ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
describedAs	river of the underworld ⓘ
emptiesInto	Ionian Sea ⓘ
etymologyDerivedFrom	Acheron River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Acheron)
flowsThrough	Preveza regional unit ⓘ Thesprotia regional unit ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	site of ancient necromanteion (oracle of the dead) ⓘ
hasEcologicalFeature	Mediterranean flora and fauna ⓘ riparian habitats ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	linked to ancient Greek religious practices ⓘ referenced by ancient Greek geographers ⓘ
hasModernUse	recreational area ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
hasMythologicalStatus	one of the rivers of Hades ⓘ
hasRoleIn	Greek mythology ⓘ
hasType	karst river ⓘ
knownFor	gorges and canyons ⓘ springs and clear waters ⓘ
locatedIn	Epirus ⓘ surface form: Epirus region northwestern Greece ⓘ
mentionedIn	works of Homeric tradition ⓘ works of Plato ⓘ works of Virgil ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn	Ionian Sea ⓘ
mythologicalFunction	boundary between world of living and dead ⓘ route for souls to the underworld ⓘ
nearArchaeologicalSite	Necromanteion of Acheron ⓘ
nearSettlement	Ammoudia ⓘ Parga ⓘ
partOf	Greek river system ⓘ Ionian Sea drainage basin ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn	Tzoumerka mountains ⓘ surface form: Epirus mountains
usedFor	hiking tourism ⓘ kayaking ⓘ rafting ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Epirus → containsRiver → Acheron River ⓘ

Hades → associatedPlace → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Acheron

Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → primaryAntagonistShip → Acheron River ⓘ

subject surface form: Captain Jack Aubrey

this entity surface form: Acheron

Preveza regional unit → contains → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acheron Gorge

Acheron River → etymologyDerivedFrom → Acheron River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Acheron)

Shades in the Underworld → crossToUnderworldBy → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Acheron

House of Hades → hasRiver → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acheron

Underworld → containsRiver → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acheron

River Styx → groupMembersInclude → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acheron

Charon → associatedRiver → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acheron

River Phlegethon → parallelEntity → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Acheron

final battle with Acheron → hasParticipant → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acheron

final battle with Acheron → featuresVessel → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acheron

River Cocytus → parallelConcept → Acheron River ⓘ

subject surface form: Cocytus

this entity surface form: Acheron

Ammoudia → locatedAtMouthOf → Acheron River ⓘ

Ammoudia → hasAttraction → Acheron River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acheron River delta

northwestern Greece → containsRiver → Acheron River ⓘ

subject surface form: Northwestern Greece

Paramythia → locatedNear → Acheron River ⓘ