id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7561 Acheron - Wikipedia .html text/html 2678 646 67 In the Homeric poems, the Acheron was described as a river of Hades, into which Cocytus and Phlegethon both flowed.[3][4] The Roman poet Virgil called it the principal river of Tartarus, from which the Styx and Cocytus both sprang.[5] The newly dead would be ferried across the Acheron by Charon in order to enter the Underworld.[6] William Blake's depiction of "The Vestibule of Hell and the Souls Mustering to Cross the Acheron" in his Illustrations to Dante's "Divine Comedy" object 5 c. Following Greek mythology, Charon ferries souls across the Acheron to Hell. In Dante's Inferno, the Acheron river forms the border of Hell. Following Greek mythology, Charon ferries souls across this river to Hell. Acheron Lake in Antarctica is named after the mythical river. Acheron river Acheron river (another view) "Illustrations to Dante's "Divine Comedy", object 5 (Butlin 812.5) "The Vestibule of Hell and the Souls Mustering to Cross the Acheron"". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7561.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7561.txt