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• Phlegeton

語源

From Latin Phlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων (Phlegéthōn).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈflɛɡɪθɒn/, /ˈflɛd͡ʒɪθɒn/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈflɛɡɪθɑn/, /ˈflɛd͡ʒɪθɑn/

固有名詞

Phlegethon or the Phlegethon

1. (Greek mythology) A river of fire in Hades.

   Synonym: Pyriphlegethon

   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 21:

     Firebrand of hell firſt tynd in Phlegeton, / By thouſand furies, and from thence out throwen / Into this world, to worke confuſion, / And ſet it all on fire by force vnknowen, / Is wicked diſcord, […]

   • 1995, Andrew Harman, “Of Blueprints and Hair-nets”, in Fahrenheit 666, London: Legend Books, →ISBN, page 172:

     They moaned and grumbled and complained as they stamped their feet on the banks of the Phlegethon and warmed their talons over the curling flames of an infernal brazier.

   • 2009, “Shemhamforash”, performed by Behemoth:

     Consumed by the tongues ov fire / burning like Phlegethon / holy gardens reduced to ash

等位語

• Acheron, Cocytus, Eridanus, Lethe, Styx