Found 2 items, similar to acheron.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Acheron Acheron n : (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon [syn: River Acheron]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Acheron Acheron \Ach"e*ron\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. --Shak. [1913 Webster]