Phlegethon

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈflɛɡᵻθɒn/, /ˈflÉ›dʒᵻθɒn/

Alternative forms

• Phlegeton

Origin

From Latin Phlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων.

Full definition of Phlegethon

Proper noun

1. (Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, which consists of fire.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.2:Firebrand of hell first tynd in Phlegeton,
  By thousand furies, and from thence out throwen
  Into this world, to worke confusion,
  And set it all on fire by force vnknowen
  Is wicked discord ....

Coordinate terms

• Acheron, Cocytus, Eridanos, Lethe, Styx