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A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
The River of Woe.
A river in the Underworld over which Kharon (Charon) ferries the souls of the dead.
Herodotus relates the story of the king of the city of Korinth (Corinth), Periander, sending an emissary to the Oracle of the Dead on the river Akheron; the king’s dead wife, Melissa, revealed, through the oracle, the hiding place of some treasure that she had hidden and Periander could not find without her help.
The Romans thought that the Akheron was a lake.
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A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
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