Meanings
- Synonym of Phlegethon.
The Greeks believed that Hades was beneath the earth. It had five rivers—the Acheron, the Kokytos, the Lethe, the Pyriphlegethon, and the Styx. Each served as a boundary between the land of the living and the land of the dead.
1974, C[ovington] Scott Littleton, “Hades”, in The World Book Encyclopedia, volume 9 (H), Chicago, Ill.: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, →ISBN, page 4, column 2Synonyms: Phlegethon
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Phlegethon.
Origin
- Ancient GreekΠυριφλεγέθων
- LatinPyriphlegethōn
- EnglishPyriphlegethon
Learned borrowing from Latin Pyriphlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Πυριφλεγέθων (Puriphlegéthōn).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Pyriphlegethon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pyriphlegethon
“Pyriphlegethon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pyriphlegethon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pyriphlegethon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pyriphlegethon.
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