ACHERON

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) The river of sorrow which flowed round the infernal realms of Hades, according to the mythology of the ancients. There was a river of Thesp roti a, in Lpirus, of the same name, and also one in Italy, near which Alexander, king of the Molo i, was slain; both of which, from the unwholesome and foul nature of their waters, were supposed to communicate with the infernal stream. ' ACHIEVEMENT. {¥r. -acheycr, to accomplish.) In Heraldry, denotes generally a shield of armorial bearings; but is more particularly applied to the funeral shield, commonly called hatchment, affixed to the dwelling house of a recently-deceased person. The achievement is various, according not only to the rank of the deceased party, but to his situation as single, married, or widower. [s. 22]