Usually means: River of fire in Hades.
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  1. Phlegethon, Phlegethon: Merriam-Webster
  2. Phlegethon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Phlegethon: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Phlegethon: Wordnik
  5. Phlegethon: Wiktionary
  6. Phlegethon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Phlegethon: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Phlegethon: Dictionary.com
  9. Phlegethon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Phlegethon: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  11. phlegethon: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Phlegethon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Phlegethon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

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  1. Phlegethon: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Phlegethon)

▸ noun:  (Greek mythology) A river of fire in Hades.

Similar:
Phlegeton, Alpheus, Lethe, Acheron, Phlegyas, Phæton, Charon, Phaëthon, Phaethon, Styx, more...

Adjectives:
fierce, fiery, sudden, muddy, burning, ghastly, flaming, earthly, red

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Similar:
Phlegeton, Alpheus, Lethe, Acheron, Phlegyas, Phæton, Charon, Phaëthon, Phaethon, Styx, more...

Adjectives:
fierce, fiery, sudden, muddy, burning, ghastly, flaming, earthly, red



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