STYX

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) In Mythology, a nymph: the daughter, according to Hesiod, of Ocean us and Thetis; but other uiythologists relate the genealogy differently, She dwelt in a rock palace in the infernal regions, from whence me of the infernal rivers burst forth. This river, Styx, of the ten arms or branches of Ocean us! The ■ uympus swore by the water of Styx; and a deity, this oath in vain was banished from the heavenly is lor ten years, to endure various torments. The riyer Styx has been sought fot in various places; but the [s. 1205]