Styks

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “stúgéo (στυγέω) stúgo (στύγω) Stúx (Στύξ) Stýx (Στύξ),” meaning “hate, detest, dark, gloomy, dismal, hatred, murky.” The Styx is a river in Greek mythology that formed the boundary between Earth and the underworld (often called Hades, which is also the name of this domain’s ruler). The rivers Styx, Phlegethon, Acheron, and Cocytus all converge at the center of the underworld on a great marsh, which is also sometimes called the Styx. Styx was also the name of the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was wife to Pallas and bore him Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and. Styx supported Zeus in the Titanomachy, where she was the first to rush to his aid. For this reason, her name was given the honor of being a binding oath for the gods.