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Phlegʹethon

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A river of liquid fire in Hadēs. (Greek, phlego, to burn.)

“Fierce Phlegethon,

Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.”


 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Philosopher’s Tree (The)
Philosophers
Philosophy
Philotimē
Philoxenos of Cythēra
Philoxenos of Leucadia
Philter (A)
Phineus
Phiz
Phiz
Phlegethon
Phlegra
Phlogiston
Phocensian Despair
Phocion
Phœbē
Phœbus
Phœnix
Phœnix Alley (London)
Phœnix Park (Dublin)
Phœnix Period

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Phlegethon