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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Phleg’ethon.
 
A river of liquid fire in Hads. (Greek, phlego, to burn.)   1
       
“Fierce Phlegethon,
Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.”
       
Milton: Paradise Lost, ii.
 


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