Acherontian : waters Acheron, a river of Thesprotia in south Epirus (q.v.) flowed underground at some points, hence considered to lead to Hades.
... future Mighty and bright was his body, but shadowy the shape of his spirit Only an eidolon seemed of the being that had lived in him, fleeting Vague like a phantom seen by the dim Acherontian waters. It is a question whether in the entire range of similes there has been one so grandly apt and penetrating so cosmic in its beauty and its glimpse of the supra-terrestrial. Elaborated ...
... Mighty and bright was his body, but shadowy the shape of his spirit Only an eidolon seemed of the being that had lived in him, fleeting Page 340 Vague like a phantom seen by the dim Acherontian waters. But to the guardian towers that watched over Pergama's gateway Out of the waking city Deiphobus swiftly arriving Called, and swinging back the huge gates slowly, reluctant, Flung ...
... power for the future Mighty and bright was his body, but shadowy the shape of his spirit Only an eidolon seemed of the being that had lived in him, fleeting Vague like a phantom seen by the dim Acherontian waters. The Herald But to the guardian towers that watched over Pergama's gateway Out of the waking city Deiphobus swiftly arriving Called, and swinging back the huge gates slowly, reluctant ...
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