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Cocytus

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron.  Synonym: River Cocytus.





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"Cocytus" Quotes from Famous Books



... private school was clean and wholesome. The plunge into the sexual cocytus of the great public school that followed was effectually sudden. In my day —— was a perfect stew of uncleanness. There was plenty of incontinence, not much cruelty, no end of dirty conversation, ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis
... currents of the air, and touch and slide off again from every obstacle. So must have ineffectually swung, so resented their inefficiency, those light crowds that followed the Star of Hades, and uttered exiguous voices in the land beyond Cocytus. ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


Words linked to "Cocytus" :   underworld, Scheol, Hades, infernal region, River Cocytus, netherworld, Greek mythology, hell, river


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