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ALISON LANSKI

University of Notre Dame

A river in northwestern Greece, flowing through Thesprotia to the IONIAN GULF (BA 54 C3; Müller I, 889–92). Herodotus uses Acheron and the THESPROTIANS to mark the northern and western edge of HELLAS in his list of the Greek forces at SALAMIS (8.47; Thuc. 1.46.4). The Acheron plunged through a deep gorge, which may explain its association with HADES and death ORACLES. This oracular tradition (e.g., Odysseus, Hom. Od. 10.513) is reflected in the story told by SOCLES of CORINTH, as to how PERIANDER asks the Thesprotians at the Acheron to contact his dead wife MELISSA (Hdt. 5.92.η.2).

SEE ALSO: Geography; Rivers