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See also:COCYTUS (mod. Vuvo) , a tributary of the See also:Acheron, a See also:river of Thesprotia (mod. pashalik of See also:Iannina), which flows into the Ionian See also:Sea about 20 M . N. of the Gulf of See also:Arta . The name is also applied in See also:Greek See also:mythology to a tributary of the Acheron or of the See also:Styx, a river in Hades . The See also:etymology suggested is from KwId f ', to wail, in allusion to the cries of the dead . See also:Virgil describes it as the river which surrounds the underworld (Aen . Vi . 132) . |
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