Phlegethon

[ fleg-uh-thon, flej- ]

/ ˈflɛg əˌθɒn, ˈflɛdʒ- /

Also called Pyriphlegethon. Classical Mythology. a river of fire, one of five rivers surrounding Hades.

(often lowercase) a stream of fire or fiery light.

Origin of Phlegethon

< Latin < Greek, noun use of phlegéthōn blazing, present participle of phlegéthein to blaze. See phlegm

Phleg·e·thon·tal, Phleg·e·thon·tic, adjective

The Styx, the Cocytus, and the Phlegethon present their waves to your acceptance.

Munster Village |Mary Hamilton
Leaving him a prisoner on board the Phlegethon, we, with the floodtide pushed forward in pursuit of Seriff Sahib.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido |Henry Keppel
No Phlegethon with torrents of fire surrounding and shaking Byron's Hell.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 407, September, 1849 |Various
The gallant Captain Loch expired on board the Phlegethon about forty hours after he had received his wound.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves |W.H.G. Kingston

Onward he passed, over the flaming flood of Phlegethon, through the cloud-hung and adamantine portals of Tartarus.

Half a Hundred Hero Tales |Various

Phlegethon

/ (ˈflɛɡɪˌθɒn) /

Greek myth a river of fire in Hades

C14: from Greek, literally: blazing, from phlegethein to flame, blaze