Tatlock, Jessie M., 1878-1961 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 220
188 Greek and Roman Mythology Acheron, River of Woe, and its branches, Co cy'tus, River of Wailing, and Phleg'ethon, River of Fire. The fourth river of Hades was the Styx, by which the gods swore their unbreak- able oaths. Once across the Acheron the soul … Fig. 57. Charon in his Skiff. must pass by the three-headed watch-dog, Cer'- ber us, to appease whom he was provided with a little cake made of seed and honey. Then he entered through the wide gates of Hades into that immense home of the dead, open in hospitality to all men, as the Greeks grimly…
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