| 单词 | Acheron |
| 例句 | Apparently even the minions of Night didn’t like to cross the Acheron. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They appeared on the hillside overlooking the River Acheron. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The path down to it leads to where Acheron, the river of woe, pours into Cocytus, the river of lamentation. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the forty-foot-tall goddess gazed serenely over the River Acheron, her gold dress like molten metal in the sun. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As Aeneas stared in wonder the Sibyl told him they had reached the junction of two great rivers of the underworld, the Cocytus, named of lamentation loud, and the Acheron. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought the Acheron was in the Underworld.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Somehow they’d landed several hundred yards from the banks of Acheron, which flowed through a channel cut into black volcanic hills. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At Acheron in Brooklyn on Friday night Mr. Baker’s singing and stage presence were roughly the same: self-possessed but bristling, an act of containing endless rage more than distributing a measurable amount. Music Review: All Pigs Must Die, Metal and Hardcore at Acheron - Review 2012-01-22T22:44:46Z Its name is “Acheron,” after one of the five rivers that ran through the realm of the dead. Dance Review: Underworld Notes, in the Homeric Sense 2014-02-02T22:31:20Z Past the sign that says to abandon all hope, just through the gate of hell, but before crossing the Acheron to hell proper, Dante encounters a horde of moaning souls. Boston Marathon bombing, one year later: Were the Tsarnaevs really cowards? 2014-04-14T23:00:00Z Sentenced to death for disobeying the king’s order not to bury one of her brothers, she takes off her shoes to step into the river of Acheron. Review: ‘Antigona’ Is Noche Flamenca’s Teeming Take on the Greek Tragedy 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z During a set on Friday night at the Acheron in Brooklyn, Lower seemed to be evolving before our eyes, in under an hour. Lower, a Copenhagen Band, at the Acheron in Brooklyn 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Liam Scarlett’s dark, otherworldly and continually intriguing “Acheron,” created for the company this season, returned with Anthony Huxley as its stellar lead soloist. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Stirs Memories of Tanaquil le Clercq 2014-02-23T21:54:52Z Acheron, at 57 Waterbury Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is one of several clubs hosting shows, including one on Friday at 8 p.m. Spare Times for Aug. 8-14 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z A particularly tricky case puts Thursday in the position of policing text itself, as she must prevent villainous Acheron Hades from kidnapping vital characters from literary classics. Summer readings: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 2011-08-15T11:19:21Z Soon after the curtain rose on “Acheron,” I remembered how Tom Stoppard’s play “The Invention of Love” begins on the banks of another river of the Greek underworld, the Styx, with its ferryman, Charon. Dance Review: Underworld Notes, in the Homeric Sense 2014-02-02T22:31:20Z So it’s certainly correct to call Mr. Scarlett’s work “Acherontic,” a word whose dictionary meanings include “infernal, gloomy, waiting to cross Acheron, moribund.” Dance Review: Underworld Notes, in the Homeric Sense 2014-02-02T22:31:20Z “Acheron” will be danced seven more times through March 1. Dance Review: Underworld Notes, in the Homeric Sense 2014-02-02T22:31:20Z Are these characters dead, as the title “Acheron” implies? Dance Review: Underworld Notes, in the Homeric Sense 2014-02-02T22:31:20Z Mark Stanley’s lighting for “Acheron” is both somber and shadowy. Dance Review: Underworld Notes, in the Homeric Sense 2014-02-02T22:31:20Z When the Acheron, a metal haven in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, closed in 2016, it left a limited number of clubs that regularly host more extreme or lesser-known metal bands. ‘Behold Death, Darkness, Chaos and the Void’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Long in mourning over the early death of his wife, Zym is convinced that reconstructing the legendary Mask of Acheron will revive her and grant him immortal rule over Hyboria. Conan the Barbarian: That's Sado-tainment! 2011-08-18T17:50:00Z “Acheron,” like “Voluntaries,” opens with sustained dancing in silence. Dance Review: Underworld Notes, in the Homeric Sense 2014-02-02T22:31:20Z The river Acheron runs around hell, separating it from the outside world. 10 facts about Hell 2013-05-13T23:49:44Z Then, walking straight before him, he came to a spot whence he could hear the roar of the Phlegethon as it joined the Acheron, and here he dug a trench with his sword. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z James Cameron inside the pressure sphere simulator at Acheron Project offices in Sydney, Australia. James Cameron?s Rocket Plunge to the Planet?s Deepest Recess 2012-03-19T19:14:47Z But hereafter all his life must be devoted to the goddess, and then in the Elysian fields he shall see her again, shining amid the darkness of Acheron, propitious to him. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Who, again, would seek to mark Acheron plunging i' the dark,200 Where white Cynthia's starry steeds Lave them by the glitt'ring meads? The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z On the contrary, he stood his ground and trod under foot the terrors of Acheron; relying on “the God who ever lives and loves.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z His mournful "Halcyone!" floated up like the cry of a soul from Acheron. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z By the marge of Acheron Shall dear dreams be then denied, When we slumber one by one? His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z The mouth of Acheron is in this book: it speaks often of stones: beware, lest by these it shape the understanding. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Drunk and sober alike danced over the ground, as if they had been so many demons exhibiting their saltatory skill upon the skull-paved, floors of Acheron. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z They reached the banks of Acheron and saw Charon, who carried over the souls in his bark to the other side; and Dante was surprised by a profound sleep. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Hang it," he thought moodily, "I feel like an infernal frog out of Acheron, covered with the ooze and mud of melancholy. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z From the work of Ennius, there is still extant a speech by the shade of Polydorus, announcing in great form his arrival from Acheron. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z I have brought you much sorrow, an Acheron of it! All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The lake looked still, and dark as Acheron itself—its sombre silence relieved only at intervals by sounds yet more lugubrious—the scream of the great curlew, or the screech-like call of the American ibis! The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Against the tombs and altar-stones of Greece, Lance upon lance behind us; and not cease From toils, like other men, nor dream, nor past The foam of Acheron find my peace at last. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z Some people say Avernus stinks And Acheron smells like a sewer But Fernhill golfers like our links They find the air so fresh and pure. Wayside Weeds 2011-01-23T03:00:17.230Z Soon after the Acheron came to anchor, the Iroquois herself ran in and anchored. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z “It is like the river of sorrows—’ Acheron sad and black and deep.’ All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z It was as bad as a visit to Acheron. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z May he who cuts them down to build whereon they stood taste the bitterness of Acheron! Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Homer speaks of Acheron as a river of the lower world, and late Greek writers use the name to designate the lower world. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The river Styx and the waters of Acheron disappear in a series of caverns which were supposed to lead down to the infernal regions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" One could have fancied that one was in Charon's boat and was crossing Acheron. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Thou only, dear Adonis, so men tell, thou only of the demigods, dost visit both this world and the stream of Acheron. Greek Women In the next scene the wanderer has reached the abysses of Erebus, “where, loud thundering, the flood of Cocytus pours its black wave into Acheron’s tide.” The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Ah, Pluto, dost thou, one time lord of Styx And Acheron make moan of night and cold? Song-Surf The name is also applied in Greek mythology to a tributary of the Acheron or of the Styx, a river in Hades. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" I could not but think of the picture you drew of the poor disembodied shades wandering on the banks of Acheron, when the Landgrave once asked you the cause of your secret pain. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. This was a work of no little trouble, for Salvator showed the greatest aversion for—utter loathing of the stuff, which looked, and smelt, and tasted, as if it had been concocted from Acheron itself. Weird Tales. Vol. I In that land of forgetfulness and shadows there is the unnavigable lake Avernus, Acheron, Styx, the groaning Cocytus, and Phlegethon, with its waves of fire. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Why, all those crowded streets, Flung all their filth, their refuse, rags and bones, Dead cats and dogs, into your clean clear moat, And made it sluggish as old Acheron. Collected Poems Volume Two The hallow'd roofs of Acheron, the dread Of Orcus, the pale regions of the dead. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Happy is the man who is able to discern the reason of things, and controls under his feet all changes and inexorable destiny, and the groaning of greedy Acheron! Helps to Latin Translation at Sight This should be Acheron, which hated the light, and ran sighing down into a cave; for from this stream too comes a perpetual moan. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 When, in Canto iv., we pass the river of Acheron, and find ourselves for the first time actually on the border of Hell itself, we are conscious at first of an alleviation. Dante: His Times and His Work He has a throne of sulphur, from beneath which flows the Rivers Lethe, or "Oblivion," Phlegethon, Cocytus and Acheron. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Two living specimens were lately taken by the Acheron, steamer, to Sydney, where they died; these were obtained at the Bay of Islands, where also I once got three at one time. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Still, by Acheron stream, Terrible Deities throned Sit, and eye grimly the victim unscourged. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold The word Acheron, in the original language, signifies River of Sorrow. Pyrrhus Makers of History The Acheron, supposed to communicate with the infernal regions, was one of its rivers. Ancient States and Empires As he passed through Frankfurt he hoisted banners with the crucifix, flails, and mattocks, to incite the lower classes to revolt; he had failed to bend the powers above him, he would fain stir Acheron. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 Monday, July 8th.—We sent the greater part of our luggage on board the Acheron, under the command of Captain Kennedy, and prepared to start at a moment's notice. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 It is the Acheron of the Chayma Indians, for, according to their mythology and that of the natives of Orinoco, the souls of the dead go to this cavern. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century At length one of the attendants, seeing his master in imminent danger of being drowned, exclaimed aloud, "This cursed river! well is it named Acheron." Pyrrhus Makers of History They came flocking to the Acheron or River of Death, where the ferryman named Charon, with eyes like flaming wheels, bore them across. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Pursue what Chance or Fate proclaimeth best; Peace waits us on the shores of Acheron: There no forced banquet claims the sated guest, But Silence spreads the couch of ever welcome Rest. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Having taken leave of all our friends, we proceeded to the wharf, where Captain Kennedy's boat took us on board the Acheron. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 We have a gondola for our water parties, a swing for the air, and we only want Torræus and his Acheron to take a trip through fire. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 The possibility that there might be an Acheron and a Pandosia in Italy, as well as in Epirus, did not occur to his mind. Pyrrhus Makers of History "May he perish ill!—may his unburied spirit wander and wail forever upon the banks of Acheron, unpardoned and despairing!" The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 Chimæra's Alps extend from left to right: Beneath, a living valley seems to stir; Flocks play, trees wave, streams flow, the mountain-fir Nodding above; behold black Acheron! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 At 3 p.m. the Acheron left the harbour. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 And then, hark ye, tell some of those knaves in the hall without, to make ready with all speed my light chariot, and yoke the two black horses Aufidus and Acheron. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 To his inquiries the oracle gave him this for an answer: "The waters of Acheron will be the cause of your death, and Pandosia is the place where you will die." Pyrrhus Makers of History There, into Acheron runs not alone Dread Pyriphlegethon, but Cocytus loud, From Styx derived; there also stands a rock, At whose broad base the roaring rivers meet. The Odyssey of Homer Charon keeps the ferry across the Styx to the Elysian Fields, past the sunless marsh of Acheron. Tales of Fantasy and Fact Never crossed Acheron two spirits more despairing—less hopeful of happiness beyond. The Death Shot A Story Retold Oh what a pit of Acheron was here! Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. At the brink of the dark, fierce-flooded Acheron the boat with its boatman, old Charon, lay ready to ferry across to the further shore those whose future lay in the land of Shades. A Book of Myths Here is shewn a ghastly pool, a breathing-hole of the grim lord of hell, and a vast chasm breaking into Acheron yawns with pestilential throat. The Aeneid of Virgil On arriving at the spot indicated by Circe, where the turbid waters of the rivers Acheron and Cocytus mingled at the entrance to the lower world, Odysseus landed, unattended by his companions. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome In the cities ladies sang the psalm of Adonis brought back from ‘the stream eternal of Acheron.’ Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation And on the supposition that "Acheron" is a reality, Helbeck was absolutely right. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles Oh, those solemn, heavy, silent, stupid dinners, with the massive plate and the dark oak wainscoting, and the servants gliding about like ghosts at a festival in Acheron! Kate Coventry An Autobiography Hence a road leads to Tartarus and Acheron's wave. The Aeneid of Virgil Protected by his breastplate and lion's skin Heracles went in search of the monster, whom he found at the mouth of the river Acheron. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome In one day it might have enriched Acheron, And upon beasts made busy war. Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress For other leaves there are, and other streams that water them,—not water of life, but water of Acheron. Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers Why did you not let me finish my journey to Acheron? The Lion's Brood If my deity is not great enough, I will not assuredly falter to seek succour where it may be; if the powers of heaven are inflexible, I will stir up Acheron. The Aeneid of Virgil All business is at a standstill: Ixion rests upon his wheel; old Sisyphus sits down on his mountain, and his stone has fallen with a terrible plash into Acheron. The Infernal Marriage Away the witches were sent, with instructions to meet at the pit of Acheron in the morning. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Acheron, at first the name of a river of the lower world, came to be used as a name for the whole of the lower world generally. Milton's Comus "I will be Caia," she resumed, "upon the day when Orcus sends back the dead from Acheron." The Lion's Brood Take heart: Time is a calm and patient deity; trusting in Zeus you will find neither Orestes nor the God of Acheron forgetful.—Elec. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy On either side of a throne of sulphur, from which issued the four infernal rivers of Lethe, Phlegethon, Cocytus, and Acheron, were ranged the Eumenides and Parc�. The Infernal Marriage The Furies, called sometimes Eumenides, Diræ, and Manes, are the daughters of Nox and Acheron: their names are Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megæra, and are known by the common name of Erinnys. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Beneath them is seen Charon with his black boat, just as Dante described him in the "Inferno," on muddy Acheron, raising his oar to strike some laggard soul. Michael Angelo Buonarroti Here was also a river Acheron, and a lake Acherusia: for a colony from Egypt settled here; and the stream was of as foul a nature as that near Memphis. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. In the Odyssey, Ulysses reaches Hades by sailing across the ocean stream and passing the eternal night land of the Cimmerians, whereupon he comes to the edge of Acheron, the moat of Pluto's sombre house. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Acheron was the fabled river of the lower world. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Near Avernus and Acheron are situated that barren land whence rises continually a salutary vapour, which is a cure for several diseases, and those hot-springs that vomit hot and sulphureous cinders. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch And his whole life was one of long, incessant torture, of physical and moral suffering, which was more maddening than that which Tantalus endured on the banks of the river Acheron. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 It gave name to a stream, on which it stood; and which was also called the Charonian branch of the Nile, and the river Acheron. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Passing through a crowd of neutrals the poets come to the river Acheron, where assemble those who die in mortal sin, to be ferried over by the demon Charon. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 One boon I beg,—since yonder are the door Of Pluto, and the gloomy lakes, they tell, Fed by o'erflowing Acheron,—once more To see the father whom I loved so well. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The ferryman referred to is Charon, of Greek mythology, who was supposed to ferry the souls of the dead over the river Acheron to the infernal regions. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Sitting here on the housetop, one wonders if those residential skyscrapers are indeed rooted in the foul pit of Acheron. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 The chain of canals of which Acheron and Erebus are members mark out a fairly definite curve. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays We see it first as the boundary of Hell proper and it is known as the Acheron. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 So he checked his hand, And past the gateway in the gloom they strayed Through Tartarus to Acheron's dark strand, 352 Where thick the whirlpool boils, and voids the seething sand XLI . The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor I invoke no Acheron to overwhelm him in the whirlpools of its muddy gulf. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) There were two others, Acheron, the river of sorrow, and Phlegethon, the river of fire. Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I In vain Orpheus tried to follow her, in vain he besought Charon to carry him a second time across the waters of Acheron. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Ah me! what shall I do? whether am I to groan in weeping myself, or the city, which a cloud of such magnitude encircles as to cast us amidst the gloom of Acheron? The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Dread Acheron from beneath Bursts in a whirlpool, with its waves of woe, And jaws that gape with pestilential death. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The path now led them to a place where the three infernal rivers, Acheron, Cocytus, and Styx, met in one deep, black, and boiling flood. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Virgil tells us that those are happy who know the causes of things, and so escape the terrors of Acheron. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The next difficulty in the way was black and muddy Acheron, the first of the seven rivers that ran round Hades, and formed a barrier between the living and the departed. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Nor shall I, wretched, rest from ills, nor even sailing over the Acheron below shall I be at rest. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Lies down to sleep, in visions he beholds Weird shapes, and many a wondrous voice doth hear, And, borne in spirit to Avernus, holds Deep converse there with Acheron. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The Lord of Acheron’s unlovely shore Shall be mine only husband evermore. The Seven Plays in English Verse All the man's strength for good, for ill, went into the story; the isle became as the pit of Acheron; at first there were no stars overhead. Half A Chance In one of his letters he compares himself, as he rises in the morning to “an infernal frog out of Acheron, covered with the ooze and mud of melancholy.” The Art of Letters I was just sending Fortnoye to the gloomiest shades of Acheron when a strong hand entered the carriage-door, helped me handsomely down the steps, and then began warmly to shake my own. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Two sheep, two dark-backed heifers, and two swine He slays, invoking, as he pours the wine, The ghost, released from Acheron. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor As we approached their lines, like a mighty inundation of the river Acheron in the infernal regions, Confederate and Federal meet. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show This Chinese door, like that of Acheron, refused to surrender its prey. The Cross of Berny Wrote to the captain of the Acheron, in reply to the position assumed by the governor:— C.S. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter The afternoon of life is throwing longer shadows, the Acheron of promotion is gaping before him; he falls into a Commissionership; still deeper into an officiating seat on the Board of Revenue. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series Our co-mates now commit we to the ground, Sole honour that in Acheron below Awaits them. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Some of them dream, of Elysian fields, to which their souls pass over a Styx or Acheron, and there assume new bodies. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Wing thee hence, Or thou dost stand to-morrow on a cobweb Spun o'er the well of clotted Acheron, Whose hydrophobic entrails stream with fire! Books and Characters French and English During the morning the Governor returned in the Acheron to Fort de France. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter He was no more free to pause or turn back than Grecian ghosts sailing down Acheron toward the throne of Radamanthus. Overland Yet had their joyaunce ended, on the day When their sweet spirit dispossessed its clay, To hated Acheron's ample barge resigned. Theocritus, translated into English Verse What, in the name of Acheron, did they expect it to be? All Things Considered Some remained in her tresses till she reached the meadows of Acheron, and falling off there grew into the asphodel, with which the meadows thenceforth abounded. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Among the group, Larry recognised his old master, by the same means that Ulysses, Aeneas, and others, recognised the bodiless forms of their friends in the regions of Acheron. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828 The contrast between this supereminent brilliancy and the sullen obscurity of the subterranean river made the latter seem more than ever like Styx or Acheron. Overland By the daughters of Nox and Acheron!" exclaimed a voice which sounded like music in the porter's ears, "I think you are mistaken in your man, my lord. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire The Acheron, the Mother of Sorrows, carrying in its stream the woes of all mankind, merges with the darker waters of the Cocytus, land of the doomed wanderer. The Tarn of Eternity And, verily, those tortures said to be In Acheron, the deep, they all are ours Here in this life. On the Nature of Things It was about midnight when we cycled through Kingston to Surbiton, having trundled our machines across Ham Fields, mournful in the mist as those by Acheron, and so over Teddington Bridge. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman The slumbering sense Already heard the hiss of vengeful flames As from the depths of Acheron. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars For Death who puts to sleep both young and old Hales my young life, And beckons me to Acheron's dark fold, An unwed wife. Oedipus Trilogy Throughout the whole of that night Boldwood's dark downs of Weatherbury like an unhappy Shade in the Mournful Fields by Acheron. Far from the Madding Crowd Of truth, The life of fools is Acheron on earth. On the Nature of Things Happy, who had the skill to understand Nature's hid causes, and beneath his feet All terrors cast, and death's relentless doom, And the loud roar of greedy Acheron. The Georgics Hence to deep Acheron they take their way, Whose troubled eddies, thick with ooze and clay, Are whirl'd aloft, and in Cocytus lost. The Aeneid English Throughout the whole of that night Boldwood's dark form might have been seen walking about the hills and downs of Weatherbury like an unhappy Shade in the Mournful Fields by Acheron. Far from the Madding Crowd I would have waded Acheron—singing—rather than let his little finger ache. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship Nor eat the vultures into Tityus Prostrate in Acheron, nor can they find, Forsooth, throughout eternal ages, aught To pry around for in that mighty breast. On the Nature of Things Acheron meant well," she would say, with a forgiving sigh, "and that in the Moon's absence he occasionally diverted travellers, I do not deny. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice First you will reach the edge of the vast, deep mere of Acheron. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 By the virtue of Acheron, he justled, bulled, and lastauriated in one day the third part of the world, beasts and people, floods and mountains; that was Europa. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 The unbarred entrance gate, over which stands the inscription, "Leave hope behind, all ye who enter here," leads into a Vestibule, or Ante-Hell, a dark plain separated from Hell proper by the river Acheron. National Epics Do you warble your songs by Acheron, or troll your choruses by the banks of black Avernus? The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family It blended into a spectral chorus, a vague, tremulous, eerie chant, ghostlike and awful, as though on the black stream of Acheron the lost souls of a better world had joined in song. Darkness and Dawn On the way up, I had glimpses down a thousand feet or more into the Mucone or Acheron, raging and foaming in its narrow valley. Old Calabria Dead men are come to fetch me to Acheron, while alive! The Captiva and the Mostellaria It gets its name from the river Acheron, which flows through Thesprotis and falls into the lake. The History of the Peloponnesian War Acheron, the dreadful Acheron, is not far from Avernus and is likewise a lake, tho' call'd a river in the mythology. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 Styx, Stygian creek, pit of Acheron†, Cocytus; infernal regions, inferno, shades below, realms of Pluto. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases "King black-browed" is, of course, Hades; the "grey hand at the helm and oar," Charon; the "Tears that Well," the more that spreads out from Acheron, the River of Achê or Sorrows. Alcestis Take care, then, to enjoy that fame at Acheron. The Captiva and the Mostellaria Pompey, the man that made the world to stoop, And fetter'd fortune in the chains of power, Must droop and draw the chariot of fate Along the darksome banks of Acheron. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Not Acheron itself could fright me back From where thy footsteps wander'd, best beloved! Poems Aroint, aroint thee to Acheron dark and dismal, there may the foul fiend seize and plague thee with seven and seventy plaguey sorrows! Beltane the Smith But when for me The mists of Acheron have striven up, And horror was shed round me; when my knees Relaxed, my tongue clave speechless, they forgot. In Divers Tones I slowly ascended a third- class carriage, which was filled with abominable tobacco-smoke that seemed like the fogs of Acheron at the entrance to Hades. Venus in Furs As the Acheron falls into the lake Acheru'sia, and after rising from it flows underground for some distance, this lake also has been connected by the poets with the gloomy legend of its fountain stream. Mosaics of Grecian History And then I saw the whole of Hades: there was Pyriphlegethon, the Lake of Acheron, Cerberus, the Shades. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 My only reading between Columbus and Pittsburgh is to be here in Zanesville, a town as black as Acheron, and where one might expect to see the river Styx. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe At the upper part of the staircase, called the Pit of Acheron, he caused to be constructed a large chamber, still called the Hall of Judgment, for the purpose of execution. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 There is no moon; the sea-circle is black as Acheron; and our phosphor wake reappears quivering across it,—seeming to reach back to the very horizon. Two Years in the French West Indies Cocytus signifies the river of wailing; Pyriphlegethon, the river that burns with fire; Acheron, the river of woe; and the Styx, another river of the lower world, the river of hatred. Mosaics of Grecian History His elaborate philosophy had not put beneath his feet the terror of mere bodily evil; much less of "inexorable fate, and the noise of greedy Acheron." Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate, Sad Acheron of sorrow black and deep; Cocytus named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable For, in my opinion, if any of the last age had looked into our baths, he might have justly said, There burning Phlegethon meets Acheron. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies But Mrs Proudie's face was still dark as Acheron when her enemy withdrew, and with angry tone she sent her daughter to her work. Framley Parsonage Thus Homer, in describing "Pluto's murky abode," says: There, into Acheron runs not alone Dread Pyriphlegethon, but Cocytus loud, From Styx derived; there also stands a rock, At whose broad base the roaring rivers meet. Mosaics of Grecian History Then to the brink of Acheron came Persephone, queen of the Underworld. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles "And it seemed," lisped La Fosse, turning from his hunting-book, "as if the three daughters of Acheron had quitted the domain of Pluto to take embodiment in a single woman." Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... Nor doth an Aeacus, an Ascalaphus, or an Acheron much disorder them whom they have often gratified with balls, shows, and music of every sort. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Piteously, piteously, I Meleager make lamentation for thee, my dear, even among the dead, an idle gift to Acheron. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology I invoke no Acheron to overwhelm him in the whirlpools of his muddy gulf. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. On the brink of Acheron he loosed Cerberus, and the bellow of the three-headed hound was heard again. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles And on the shores of Acheron northward yonder, there still is a simmering. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 Virgil leads Dante in.—The punishment of the neither good nor bad.—Acheron, and the sinners on its bank.—Charon.—Earthquake.—Dante swoons. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell Prince, there is no release From Acheron's greedy maw. Phaedra Thereby into Acheron flows Pyriphlegethon, and Cocytus, a branch of the water of the Styx, and there is a rock, and the meeting of the two roaring waters. The Odyssey Done into English prose In the myth of the Phaedo they are carried down the river Acheron to the Acherusian lake, where they dwell, and are purified of their evil deeds, and receive the rewards of their good. Gorgias These rivers are many and mighty, and there are four principal ones, Oceanus, Acheron, Pyriphlegethon, and Cocytus. Phaedo And he to me, "The things will be clear to thee, when we shall set our steps on the sad marge of Acheron." Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell But make amends now: get you gone, And at the pit of Acheron Meet me i' the morning: thither he Will come to know his destiny. Macbeth I'll dive into the burning lake below, And pull her out of Acheron by the heels.— The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus Thence they reach the marsh of Acheron, but are not released until they have received the pardon of the souls whom in life they had injured. Letters on Literature And he named with his boyish pride The heroes, the noble throng Past Acheron now, foul tide! Poems — Volume 2 Their course falls from rock to rock into this valley; they form Acheron, Styx, and Phlegethon; then it goes down through this narrow channel far as where there is no more descending. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell Are you, at four and twenty, So little deceived in us that you interpret The humor of a woman to be noticed As her choice between you and Acheron? The Three Taverns And he to me: "These things shall all be known To thee, as soon as we our footsteps stay Upon the dismal shore of Acheron." Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete From rock to rock they fall into this valley; Acheron, Styx, and Phlegethon they form; Then downward go along this narrow sluice Unto that point where is no more descending. Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete |
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