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Phlegethon
[ fleg-uh-thon, flej- ]
noun
- Also called 笔测谤路颈路辫丑濒别驳路别路迟丑辞苍 [pir-, uh, -, fleg, -, uh, -thon, -, flej, -]. Classical Mythology. a river of fire, one of five rivers surrounding Hades.
- (often lowercase) a stream of fire or fiery light.
Phlegethon
/ 藞蹿濒蓻伞瑟藢胃蓲苍 /
noun
- Greek myth a river of fire in Hades
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 笔丑濒别驳顎卐路迟丑辞苍顎僼补濒 笔丑濒别驳顎卐路迟丑辞苍顎僼颈肠 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Phlegethon1
First recorded in 1350鈥1400; late Middle English, from Latin, from Greek 辫丑濒别驳茅迟丑艒苍 鈥渂lazing, flaming,鈥 noun use of present participle of 辫丑濒别驳茅迟丑别颈苍 鈥渢o blaze鈥; phlegm
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Phlegethon1
C14: from Greek, literally: blazing, from phlegethein to flame, blaze
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Their tattered clothes steamed from the heat of the river, but they kept going until they crumpled to their knees at the banks of the Phlegethon.
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鈥淭he Phlegethon flows from Hades鈥檚 realm down into Tartarus.鈥
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鈥淭he Phlegethon keeps the wicked in one piece so that they can endure the torments of the Fields of Punishment. I think...it might be the Underworld equivalent of ambrosia and nectar.鈥
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Drinking from the Phlegethon was like gulping down a ghost chili smoothie.
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Now there were only two choices: downriver or upriver, skirting the banks of the Phlegethon.
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