Styx in A Sentence

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    A bed of Agaricus was found by the writer near the river Styx; and upon this hint an attempt has been made to propagate edible fungi in this locality.

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    A special confirmation is given in this case, as the Siren is represented mounted on her seahorse crossing the Styx upon the vase of Pluto and Proserpine in the collection of the Naples Museum.

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    By command of Zeus she carries in a ewer water from the Styx, with which she puts to sleep all who perjure themselves.

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    It was his duty to ferry over the Styx (or Acheron) those souls of the deceased who had duly received the rites of burial, in payment for which service he received an obol, which was placed in the mouth of the corpse.

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    The 1970s in the United States saw the fallout from 1968's Woodstock and combined those influences with more experimental artists and even hard rockers like Styx.

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    The name is also applied in Greek mythology to a tributary of the Acheron or of the Styx, a river in Hades.

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    The Styx song "Come Sail Away" was used in some of the commericials.

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    These include the catacombs of Rome, The River Styx and Inner Temple.

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    To say that these truths are independent of him is to speak of God as a Jupiter or a Saturn, - to subject him to Styx and the Fates."