Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Phlegethon

A river of liquid fire in Hades. (Greek, phlego, to burn.)

Fierce Phlegethon,
Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.

Milton: Paradise Lost, ii.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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