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Styx

In Greek mythology, Styx (/ˈstɪks/; Ancient Greek: Στύξ [stýks]; lit. "Shuddering") was a goddess and river of the Underworld. Her parents were the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and she was the wife of the Titan Pallas, and the mother of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia. She sided with Zeus in his war against the Titans, and because of this, to honor her, Zeus decreed that the solemn oaths of the gods be sworn by the water of Styx.

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Der Knabe Achilles in stygischen GewässernZeichnung, Carl Korbmann: "Fährmann Charon auf dem Styx"; 1945[Teti immerge Achille nell'Acqua dello Stige; La déesse Thétis plogeant le jeune Achille dans un vase; Thetis Immersing Achilles into a Vessel of Water; Thetis taucht den jungen Achill in das Wasser des Styx]Die Nachen des CharonOrpheus in der UnterweltThetis badet Achilles im Fluss Styx
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