The New Student's Reference Work/Acheron

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Acheron (ăk′er-ŏn), in ancient mythology, a river of the lower world around which hovered the shades of the departed, and across whose waters the ferryman, Charon (ka′ron), piloted those who were permitted to enter the realm of the dead. Acheron was also a general name for Hades.