| 单词 | River Styx |
| 例句 | “But did you make me swear on the River Styx? No you didn’t. So it’s not binding. When you’re conducting business, sonny, you should always get a binding oath.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “In the name of the Council, we swear by the River Styx to grant your reasonable request as long as it is within our power.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “And it’s not even difficult. But I need your promise on the River Styx.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “From the River Styx. Very hard to craft. Very delicate. It cannot melt, but it will shatter when you blow it, so you can only use it once.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z River Styx or no, the way Sciron phrased his promise didn’t reassure her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The River Styx’s current swirled with strange objects— broken toys, ripped-up college diplomas, wilted homecoming corsages—all the dreams people had thrown away as they’d passed from life into death. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She remembered her descent into the darkness, her arrival on the banks of the River Styx, and her consciousness began to slip. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You will vow on the River Styx never to return to this ship,” Piper continued, “and never to possess any member of this crew.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Keep it to yourself, but swear on the River Styx it’s specific and accurate. You also have to swear that if you lose and die, the harpies will be released from their curse.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable... Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then all three eidolons spoke in unison: “We promise on the River Styx.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Winner takes all! I win, we all go free. You win, we die. Swear upon the River Styx.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Frank’s hands were clenched so tight Percy thought he might break his gold spear, but he managed to grumble, “I swear it on the River Styx.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Daddy’s gonna put you on a sailboat across the River Styx.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He had bathed in the River Styx and taken on the powers of the greatest mortal hero, Achilles. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I thought about my dream of Nico at the River Styx. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Hermes said you bear the curse of Achilles. Hestia said the same thing. Did you ... did you bathe in the River Styx?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Percy, I swear on the River Styx, I didn’t know what he was planning.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “You will promise on the River Styx,” Piper insisted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Uh, you’re our Underworld expert. With all this weird stuff going on with Death, is an oath on the River Styx still binding?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was dark as the depths of the River Styx. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Instead I thought about what I’d seen last night—the weird image of Nico at the banks of the River Styx. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z To our right, the River Styx gushed from the rocks and roared off in a cascade of rapids. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And I understood something else: When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would’ve had to focus on something important that would hold him to his mortal life. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I promise you, on the River Styx, that as soon as you surrender what I want, I will not shoot you. I will send you right back down that cliff.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As the man withers away, the images become more hallucinatory — here’s a boat come to take him across the River Styx — but not more involving. | 'The Sound of Insects': A Man?s Slow Suicidal Walk to Starvation in the Forest 2010-12-22T00:29:04Z The River Styx Tour also passes through a narrow, short, winding passageway called Fat Man’s Misery. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky’s underground rock star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Such was the case on Sept. 16 at the Brooklyn bistro 21 Greenpoint, formerly known as River Styx. Bill Murray, Brooklyn Bartender 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Food Matters | Get Your Kicks at River Styx Disco globes and vintage car pulleys dangling from the ceiling. | Get Your Kicks at River Styx 2013-05-15T15:11:04Z At one moment he tearfully describes having had a vision of the River Styx – "instead of Charon, it was Huck and Jim". Pulphead: Dispatches from the Other Side of America by John Jeremiah Sullivan - review 2012-07-26T07:00:06Z Nine cave tours are being offered this fall, including River Styx and Gothic Avenue, as well as the Frozen Niagara and Domes and Dripstones tours. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky’s underground rock star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z That led me to the 2½ -hour River Styx Tour on the first morning of my August visit, which culminated in seeing the namesake underground river in the depths of the cave by lantern light. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky’s underground rock star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “I imagine the River Styx and ferryman Charon transporting souls of travelers,” he writes of “The Transit of Shadows: An Allegory,” his Multiple Exposures Gallery show. Review | In the galleries: Intellectually engaging, visually striking and open to interpretation 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z There were tales of heroes' risky voyages along the River Styx, the waterway that connected the human world with the underworld, and of their attempt to thwart Hades, the god of the dead. On navigating the holidays after a life of disordered eating 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z That thought led to the play’s title: a reference to Charon, who in the underworld of Greek mythology ferries the souls of the dead across the River Styx. ‘The Ferryman’ Shows a Dark Irish Chapter Through a Personal Lens 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z As our large group for the River Styx Tour approached Mammoth Cave’s historic entrance, I could feel the chill draft coming up. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky’s underground rock star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z This form looks like a couch or throne; the red and yellow glaze pooling on its seat is fitting, since crossing the River Styx takes you to Hades. Sterling Ruby Pipes Down, a Bit 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The River Styx is an example of a subterranean river that is actively creating new passages within Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky’s underground rock star 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “Space, in Chains” is like five days of light rain on a scull down the River Styx. Books Of the Times: Five Poets Seasoned by Life 2011-05-29T22:06:07Z Crossing over to the spit is like crossing the River Styx: “Two flints on your eyes for the journey, cold on the lids, keeping sight in so you couldn’t find your way back.” Review: Walking with the dead in Robert Macfarlane's earthy, beautiful "Ghostways" 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Perhaps we need to think of him, in fact, as our very own boatman Charon on the River Styx, paddling us all to what someday could quite literally be a hell on Earth. State of chaos: Trump knew us better than we knew ourselves 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z The name translates as “The Other Shore,” conjuring up imagery of the River Styx that separated the living from the underworld in Greek mythology. End of lockdown to uncork pent-up mourning for the lost 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Lugubrious Liszt is channeled to ferry souls across the River Styx. Review: Thomas Adès and Nico Muhly, with a Natalie Portman assist 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Some are not floatable, such as the River Styx that flows underground in Oregon Caves near Cave Junction. Man visiting all Oregon rivers for law’s anniversary 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Charles Embrey is the author of “The Lost Keep” and “Beyond the Black River Styx.” Man embraces parallel lives of fantasy novelist, grandfather 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Rosecrans in the age of hip-hop has come to symbolize that which unites and divides its residents, the pathway that leads to and from salvation, a River Styx where both temptation and redemption lurk. Rolling down Rosecrans in Compton, L.A. hip-hop's Main Street – LA Times 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z But, the authors write, people are not organisms first created “and then dipped in some culture, like Achilles in the River Styx. They are cultural from the outset.” Perspective | Why economists need Tolstoy 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z He took the raging water to be the River of Three Crossings, the Japanese equivalent of the River Styx. The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The boutique creative agency’s namesake is the loyal, three-headed mythological watchdog Cerberus who was stationed at the River Styx guarding the entrance to the Underworld. The 3 Heads Of Lakeview’s Cerberus 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Which was more than they ever did while on this side of the River Styx. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z “This is going to be the River Styx,” Sharon told me, looking down at the gray-green stream, which flowed past scattered rocks and masses of vegetation. Creating an Opera as Big as Los Angeles 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z My knowledge of subjunctives failed long ago and my old schoolmaster has now joined Virgil and the subjunctives across the River Styx. Should charm be taught in schools? 2014-03-13T01:19:47Z Is there an opening for Shanny as the boatman on the River Styx? Boswell: Redskins, coming off 3-13, should avoid Snyder Syndrome and temper expectations 2014-01-13T16:57:00Z In one version, Thetis did not place Achilles in a flame but instead dipped him in the magical River Styx. Achilles Had Only 2 Heels 2012-11-09T14:45:02.983Z Ye solemn, gaunt, ungainly crutches, That serve her frame such slippery tricks, Were you within my lawful clutches, I'd fling you back in River Styx. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z The bit of paganism was apparently tolerated, even in priestly circles: a woman's skull found in the same tomb contained a Roman coin, presumably included to pay the boatman steering souls across the River Styx. Israel: Jesus' Crucifixion Nails Found, a Filmmaker Claims 2011-04-13T08:55:00Z The myth held that he was made invulnerable by being dipped in the waters of the River Styx. Pure poetry... Laureate writes ode to Beckham's ankle 2010-03-16T15:04:00Z Rick's quick imagination turned him into the mythical Charon, who ferried the dead across the River Styx into Hades. The Caves of Fear Still feeling jovial, he kicked all three of Cerberus’s heads, then zoomed down through the tunnel to the north bank of the River Styx. Satan and the Comrades But, in my opinion, the Pawnee is about as likely to attempt the navigation of the River Styx, as to run up this river within shelling distance of the city. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The entrance to it was guarded by a three-headed dog, named Cerberus, and the way to it was barred by the River Styx. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History "Yes; I wish you a merry voyage over the River Styx!" The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery Here we find the Dead Sea and the River Styx. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America All those crazy foods they mix Will float us 'cross the River Styx, Or they'll start us climbing up the milky way. The Book of Humorous Verse As you pass along, you hear the roar of invisible waterfalls, and at the foot of the slope, the River Styx lies before you, deep and black, overarched with rock. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 And then Destiny, like a novelist who does not know what to do with a character, sent him on an excursion across the River Styx. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists We want to reach the underground stream of which we have heard so much—the "River Styx." Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy What was the name of the man who rowed his boat on the River Styx? The Witness The River Styx could hardly look less attractive than did the Feorish, as it swirled, swollen and foaming, among its rocks, its dark torrent plunging from steep to steep in roaring waterfalls. Mount Music The mythology of the ancients, with their Inferno and their River Styx, could hardly conjure anything more supernatural or impressive than this gloomy gorge. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico Otherwise, it was like a soul's last journey, eerie, lonely and awful, down toward River Styx. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Who dared wade the River Styx, he was their prey. The Tarn of Eternity The Champion for May 24, 1740, contains a vision of the Infernal Regions, where Charon, the ghostly boatman, is busy ferrying souls across the River Styx. Henry Fielding: a Memoir Charon: the Greek mythical boatman on the River Styx. Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier Wading in the River Styx Odor of dying algae, of rotting plants, of stagnant waters - all drift above the long, dark stretches of the river Styx. The Tarn of Eternity |
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