Phlegethon
In
Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon ("lake of fire") was one of the five rivers of
the underworld, along with the rivers
Styx,
Lethe,
Cocytus, and
Acheron. It flowed with fire that burned but did not consume fuel. It was parallel to the river
Styx. It is said that the goddess Styx was in love with Phlegethon, but she was consumed by his flames and sent him to Hades. Eventually when
Zeus accepted her river to flow through, they reunited.In Dante's Inferno Phlegethon is described as a river of blood that boils souls. It is in the Seventh Circle and is guarded by centaurs. Here are punished the shades who committed crimes of violence against their fellow men (see Canto XI, 34-39). Here are murderers and tyrants; men who through their violent deeds in life caused hot blood to flow and now themselves sunk in flowing, boiling blood.
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Flegetonte
En la
mitología griega, el Flegetonte (en
griego Φλεγέθων Phlegéthôn, ‘flamígero’) o Piriflegetonte (Πυριφλεγέθων Puriphlegéthôn, ‘llameando de fuego’) es un
río de fuego que corre por el
Hades. Es un afluente del
Aqueronte, y se le considera hijo de
Cocito.Por él corría fuego que ardía pero que no consumía combustible alguno. En
La divina comedia el Flegetonte estaba compuesto de sangre hirviendo y formaba parte del séptimo círculo del Infierno, conteniendo las sombras de los tiranos, los asesinos, los ladrones y los culpables de pecados relacionados con la violencia hacia los semejantes.
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