FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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river of hell
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river of styx
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river of satan
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman poet Virgil called the Acheron the principal river of Tartarus, from which the Styx and the Cocytus both sprang. The newly dead would be ferried across the Acheron by Charon in order to enter the Underworld.
Detailed explanation-2: -There were five rivers in the Greek Underworld or Hades that separated the realm of the living from the realm of the dead, but the main river was the River Styx, or River of Hades. The other four rivers (Lethe, Acheron, Phlegethon, and Cocytus) connected to the River Styx.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Greek mythology, Styx (/ˈstɪks/; Ancient Greek: [stýks]) is a river that forms the boundary between Earth (Gaia) and the Underworld. The rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx all converge at the centre of the underworld on a great marsh, which sometimes is also called the Styx.
Detailed explanation-4: -“The four rivers of Hell-Phlegethon, Cocytus, Acheron and Styx-are made of human tears, flowing all the faster because God in his fury will never notice them.”
Detailed explanation-5: -Styx, in Greek mythology, one of the rivers of the underworld. The word styx literally means “shuddering” and expresses loathing of death.