Phlegethon

alternative Phlegeton

1. Greekhuman sciencesA river of fire in Hades.

   Consumed by the tongues ov fire / burning like Phlegethon / holy gardens reduced to ash

   2009, “Shemhamforash”, performed by Behemoth

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   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, […]

   1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 21

   They moaned and grumbled and complained as they stamped their feet on the banks of the Phlegethon and warmed their talons over the curling flames of an infernal brazier.

   1995, Andrew Harman, “Of Blueprints and Hair-nets”, in Fahrenheit 666, London: Legend Books, →ISBN, page 172

   Synonyms: Pyriphlegethon