What were the four rivers that surrounded Hades?

Question

no no... styx was the river leading to hades.....

Answer 1

Potomac, Anacostia, Patauxant and Rock Creek

Answer 2

There is much confusion about the rivers of Hades. In the first place, the first mention of a fee to cross over into Hades was in the Aristophanes's' comedy play "Frogs." Charon did not show up in any literature until the 5th century B.C.E. Depending on your source, the Styx winds around Hades 7 or 9 times. There is no information whether the other rivers were tributaries or circling as did the Styx. However, there is discussion that one other river had to be crossed to reach "Blest" the "Paradise within Hades, for those of high favor."

Answer 3

Although some versions of greek mythology claim the existence of up to five rivers surrounding Hades, the river Styx was always the most well known, and the most sacred. In the Iliad it is the only river of the underworld; in the Odyssey it is coupled with Cocytus and Pyriphlegethon, which flow into the chief river Acheron. There was also the river Lethe in the underworld, and its waters made shades forget all of their memories. Hesiod says that Styx was a goddess and daughter of Ocean, and that, when Zeus (the king of the Gods) summoned the gods to Olympus to help him to fight the Titans, Styx was the first to come and her children with her; hence as a reward Zeus ordained that the most solemn oath of the gods should be by her and that her children should always live with him. To the Gods, there was no oath more sacred than to swear by the river Styx. Some said the river was so foul that to drink of it brought instant death. Some said it bubbled with fire. By some accounts, Achilles was dipped into the river styx to wash away his mortality. With it's firey descriptions, and it's location in the underworld, the river Styx bore a resemblance to the lake of fire mentioned in other, less interesting, mythologies

Answer 4

The number of rivers that surrounded Hades in Greek mythology vary depending upon which source one checks. According the Edith Hamilton's Mythology there are actually five rivers around the greek underworld: Acheron, the river of woe, Cocytus, the river of lamentation, Phlegethon, the river of fire, Styx, the river of the unbreakable oath and Lethe, the river of forgetfulness.

However, in Richard Buxton's A Complete World of Greek Mythology there are only three rivers referenced: Styx, Lethe and Acheron.

Answer 5

There are five rivers that separate Hades from the world of the living, they are:

Acheron - the river of woe;
Cocytus - the river of lamentation;
Phlegethon - the river of fire;
Lethe - the river of forgetfulness;
Styx - the river of hate.

Answer 6

Hades?, sounds like the city I live in, but we only have 3 rivers.

Answer 7

no 5

Answer 8

there were 3 rivers. Archeron, Lethe and Styx.

Answer 9

Acheron,river or woe
Lethe,river of lament
Phlegethon,river of fire
and Styx ,river of hate.

Answer 10

Styx.