The Acheron river was reputed in antiquity to be the gateway to Hades.
Dimitra Triantafyllidou’s answer to Are there any Greek towns built along the Acheron river in Greece? recounted driving through the drained Acherusian lake, and getting lost in the middle of the night, after a village festival.
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On the 15th of August, Feast Day of the Dormition, commemorating the ascent of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the Heavens,
you and yours were tipsily driving through fog and darkness, INTO THE VERY GATES OF HADES?!
Why, yes, I do think I have visual of the occasion…
