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The Styx is a river in Greek mythology — the river that separates the world of the living from Hades, the land of the dead. When someone died, the rowed their soul across it. Families sometimes put a coin in the dead person's mouth to pay him for the crossing, because did not work for free.
The Styx is a river in Greek mythologyStyx（冥河）是希臘神話裡的一條河 the river that separates the world of the living from Hades, the land of the dead它把活人的世界和死者的國度Hades分隔開來 When someone died當有人死了 the boatman Charon rowed their soul across it船夫Charon會把他的靈魂划過這條河 Families sometimes put a coin in the dead person's mouth家屬有時候會在死者嘴裡放一枚硬幣 to pay him for the crossing用來付渡河的錢 because Charon did not work for free因為Charon不做白工
It is always 'the Styx', with 'the', the way we say the Thames or the Nile. And it takes a capital S, because it is a name.
It is always 'the Styx', with 'the'它一定是「the Styx」，要加「the」 the way we say the Thames or the Nile就像我們說the Thames或the Nile一樣 And it takes a capital S而且S要大寫 because it is a name因為它是個名字
Why would an English need this? Because it is part of the furniture of English writing.
Why would an English learner need this?為什麼英文學習者需要知道這個？ Because it is part of the furniture of English writing因為它是英文寫作裡常見的固定元素之一
The Styx is where the phrase 'crossing the river' as an image for dying comes from, and the gods swore their most serious, oaths by its water — so a promise 'sworn on the Styx' meant one that could never be taken back. You will meet the name in poetry, in novels, in fantasy games, and in the word '', which means very dark and gloomy, as in ' darkness'.
The Styx is where the phrase 'crossing the river' as an image for dying comes fromStyx就是「crossing the river」這個比喻死亡的說法的出處 and the gods swore their most serious, unbreakable oaths by its water而且諸神會對著這條河的水發下最嚴重、不能反悔的誓言 so a promise 'sworn on the Styx' meant one that could never be taken back所以「sworn on the Styx」的誓言就是絕不能收回的誓言 You will meet the name你會在 in poetry, in novels, in fantasy games詩、小說、奇幻遊戲裡看到這個名字 and in the word 'Stygian'還有在「Stygian」這個字裡 which means very dark and gloomy意思是非常黑暗陰森 as in 'Stygian darkness'像「Stygian darkness」
The Greek word Styx is connected to a verb meaning to hate or to shudder at, which suits a river of the dead rather well.
The Greek word Styx希臘文的Styx這個字 is connected to a verb meaning to hate or to shudder at跟一個意思是「厭惡」或「發抖」的動詞有關 which suits a river of the dead rather well這跟一條死亡之河還蠻搭的
組成Taken straight from Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx), the name of the river, which is linked to a Greek verb meaning to hate or to shudder.
同家族的字
- Stygianthe adjective from Styx; means pitch-dark or gloomy
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Styxname/stɪks/
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human-sciencesmysticismmythologyThe river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.
- A bold bad man, that dar'd to call by name / Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead night, / At which Cocytus quakes and Styx is put to flight.
- For two-and-twenty years he [Doctor Guillotin], unguillotined, shall hear nothing but guillotine, see nothing but guillotine; then dying, shall through long centuries wander, as it were, a disconsolate ghost, on the wrong side of Styx and Lethe; his name like to outlive Cæsar’s.
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astronomynatural-sciencesThe 5th moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012.
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A locality in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。