Στύξ

Στύξ, ἡ, gen. Στῠγός, (στυγέω)

• the Styx, i.e. the Hateful, Il. 8.369: also the nymph of this river, Hes. Th. 361.
• • • 2 a well of fatal coldness in Arcadia, Hdt. 6.74, Str. 8.8.4, Paus. 8.18.5.
  • II as Appellat., monster, reptile, ἄτρωτον . . ὑπὸ στυγός (στύγος cod.M) A. Ch. 532 (sed leg. στύγους).
  • • 2 piercing chill, as of frost, in pl., αἱ στύγες εἰσδύονται εἰς τὰ σώματα Thphr. CP 5.14.4.
    • 3 hatred, abhorrence, esp. of mankind, Alciphr. 3.34.
    • 4 = σκώψ, Ant.Lib. 21.5, Hygin. Fab. 28.4 Rose, Hsch.: cf. στρίξ.

Στύξ

• (ἀάατον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, κατειβόμενον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅρκος δεινός, Στυγὸς αἰπὰ ῥέεθρα).
• The terrestrial Styx was a river and cataract in Arcadia (but the Titaressus is called (Il. 2.755) a branch of the Styx).
• The name transferred to the chief river of the underworld Il. 8.369: Od. 10.514.
• The Styx invoked in oaths (with apparently confusion between the upper and under rivers) Il. 2.755, Il. 14.271, Il. 15.37: Od. 5.185.

Στύξ river of the underworld by which the gods swore.

• 1πρὶν Στῠγὸς ὅρκιον ἐξ εὔ[ Pae. 6.155 Στυ[γ (cf. Σ, τῷ Τιταρησίῳ, ὃς ἀπόρροιαν ἀπὸ Στυγὸς ἔχει; Hom., B 751ff.) Πα. 10. a. 4.

Στύξ , Στυγός (‘River of Hate’): the Styx, a river of the nether world, by which the gods swore their most solemn oaths, Il. 2.755, Od. 10.514, Il. 8.369, Il. 14.271, Il. 15.37.

Στύξ στυγέω

• the Styx, i. e. the hateful, a river of the nether world, by which the gods in Homer swore their most sacred oaths, Il.