Styx

A noted river of hell, which was held in such high esteem by the gods that they always swore “By the Styx,” and such an oath was never violated. The river has to be cro ed in pa ing to the regions of the dead. See Achilles and Thetis. “To seal his sacred vow by Styx he swore:— The lake with liquid pitch,—the dreary shore.” Dryden. “... Infernal rivers that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams, Abhorrèd Styx, the flood of deadly hate.” Suada (Sua′da), the godde of Persuasion. See Pitho.