The word Acheron, in the original language, signifies River of Sorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Pyrrhus Makers of History] Reference
Acheron is like Zhark -- perhaps he's just gone through the character generator. From Wordnik.com. [Jasper Fforde discusses Shades of Grey, the first in a trilogy set in a future world recognizable as our own - but only just] Reference
Acheron is a tributary of the river Styx, across which you might be ferried on your way to the underworld. From Wordnik.com. [Jasper Fforde discusses Shades of Grey, the first in a trilogy set in a future world recognizable as our own - but only just] Reference
Acheron is the perfectly mysterious bad boy, and seeing him drawn reminded me how young he was when he stopped aging. From Wordnik.com. [User Review: The Dark-Hunters manga by Sherrilynn Kenyon | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews] Reference
You shall go down the dark road to Acheron, which is the road of silence and the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Bloody Crown of Conan]
And on the supposition that "Acheron" is a reality. From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
Am currently getting irritated by one narrator who can't pronounce "Acheron" properly. From Wordnik.com. [What Thursday Next did... next] Reference
For more information about her "Acheron" or Sherrilyn Kenyon's other books, check out her website. From Wordnik.com. [New Trailer for Sherrilyn Kenyon's "Acheron"] Reference
I am also definitely looking forward to 'Dark Light' by Jayne Castle and 'Acheron' by Sherrilyn Kenyon. From Wordnik.com. [Must Haves] Reference
The newest entry in the Dark-Hunter series, "Acheron" by Sherrilyn Kenyon will be released on August 5. From Wordnik.com. [New Trailer for Sherrilyn Kenyon's "Acheron"] Reference
And Hadrathus and Zelata and the gray wolf watched them go - down the long road to Acheron which is beyond the ken of men. From Wordnik.com. [The Hour Of The Dragon]
And Hadrathus and Zelata and the gray wolf watched them go -- down the long road to Acheron which is beyond the ken of men. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Avenger]
Blood of the Muse: New Trailer for Sherrilyn Kenyon's "Acheron". From Wordnik.com. [New Trailer for Sherrilyn Kenyon's "Acheron"] Reference
"Acheron" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Paperbacks) 15. From Wordnik.com. [IdahoStatesman.com News Updates] Reference
"Acheron" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Paperbacks) (F-P) 36. From Wordnik.com. [The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front] Reference
And Hadrathus and Zelata and the gray wolf watched them go " down the long road to Acheron which is beyond the ken of men. From Wordnik.com. [The Bloody Crown of Conan]
The true Acheron of Epirus has been thus described. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
Acheron, or some such great gulf fixed betwixt them. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
Avernus, was about to cross Acheron, and to be ferried by. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in England in 1782] Reference
Acheron in the infernal regions, Confederate and Federal meet. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
First you will reach the edge of the vast, deep mere of Acheron. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Pandosia in Epirus, and the river Acheron, which, after flowing through. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
They came flocking to the Acheron or River of Death, where the ferryman named. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference
Away the witches were sent, with instructions to meet at the pit of Acheron in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
Aeneas, and others, recognised the bodiless forms of their friends in the regions of Acheron. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828] Reference
SCENE: In front of the temple of Heracles, and on the banks of Acheron in the Infernal Regions. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
We follow SpecOps LiteraTec officer Thursday Next in her pursuit of arch villain Acheron Hades. From Wordnik.com. [sa-land Diary Entry] Reference
Nor shall I, wretched, rest from ills, nor even sailing over the Acheron below shall I be at rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
Here we are at this devil-discovered, demon-haunted old Hollow again — first cousin to the pit of Acheron. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery Under Arms] Reference
Ascalaphus, or an Acheron much disorder them whom they have often gratified with balls, shows, and music of every sort. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
The upstart king is dead and gone; our former monarch now is prince, having made his way even from the bourn of Acheron. From Wordnik.com. [Heracles] Reference
Lucanians, had formed an alliance with the Romans, and had finally been killed by a Lucanian on the banks of the Acheron, in 326. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
This should be Acheron, which hated the light, and ran sighing down into a cave; for from this stream too comes a perpetual moan. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
Protected by his breastplate and lion's skin Heracles went in search of the monster, whom he found at the mouth of the river Acheron. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Hellas at the head of my troops; nor shall I ever cease from my woes, ah me! nor ever cross the downward stream of Acheron and be at rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacchantes] Reference
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