Phlegeton

English Proper noun ~ en Phlegethon. 1596.2 IIII II 21 Firebrand of hell firſt tynd in Phlegeton, / By thouſand furies, and from thence out throwen / Into this world, to worke confuſion, / And ſet it all on fire by force vnknowen, / Is wicked diſcord, III 1 234 Acheron and Phlegeton, which a subterraneous fire causes to boil, are the billows of that hell which was visited by Æneas. en 1904 Adolphus Thomas Ennis XIV Introduction to Dante’s Inferno Boston, Mass. Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press 50 https://archive.org/details/introductiontod00ennigoog/page/n54/mode/1up 2810600 Carefully walking along a path skirting the burning sand, Vergil and his ward come to a spot where a rivulet, boiling and red, issues from the wood. It is the Phlegeton, the third of the infernal rivers.