Talk:Cocytus

Incorrect Image
The image from Canto XXXIV is not of Cocytus. Read lines 20-21. It is of the lake of ice.

4 or 5 rivers?
"There are five rivers encircling Hades. The River Styx is perhaps the most famous; the other rivers are Phlegethon, Lethe, and Acheron."

That's only four (4), are there more levels? Forgive my bad formatting, I don't edit. 80.225.156.53 (talk) 02:08, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

The fifth would be the Cocytus... This article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.64.234.101 (talk) 02:19, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Religion Mix-Up
If this is a Greek Mythology Article, then '''why is Lucifer (Satan) eating Judas (who betrayed Jesus, he did not get eaten), flapping his wings (Satan was not an angel after being cast out, his "angels" are demons) with five heads (the Beasts in Revelation has multiple heads, Satan's heads were never mentioned), ect. ect.'''?!

The Opposite of Heaven, in Christianity, lacks any levels, but is a "lake of fire", sometimes referenced with "brimstone" (sulfer) and the "gnashing of teeth".

That place as depicted in this article is not the Christian Hell, but a completely fictional, unreferenced, Biblically innacurate netherworld, connected to nothing.

On behalf of Be Bold, I'm taking it down, because that is not the Christian Hell.

--74.184.188.59 (talk) 21:19, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, come on.


 * First of all, Dante's Inferno is one of the great works of literature. Beings in the Inferno are taken from Christian Mythology, Greek Mythology, Roman History, and Italian History, as Dante understood them. (By using the word "Mythology" in this context, I do not intend to imply the stories are false.  A mythology can be thought of as the collection of stories that influence and guide a people.) Cocytus is a significant part of the pilgrim's journey in Dante's work. People coming to this article deserve at least a reference to Dante's presentation of Cocytus.


 * Second of all, you must surely be aware that Christians don't agree on the nature of Hell. Many assert that "the lake of fire" is a metaphor for the pain of Hell.  Some Christians don't even believe in Hell.  We are writing a world encyclopedia here. You can't insist that there is only one description of Hell, and delete information about other descriptions. And, I don't know of anyone who claims Dante's depiction is an accurate portrayal of Hell. It is a great work of art.


 * If you think it doesn't belong here, because it isn't Greek Mythology, you should have moved the part you deleted to a new article, and have created a disambiguation page. Think of others -- If someone came across a reference to Cocytus in Divine Comedy, why should they not be able to find a link in this article?


 * Before you do that, I should point out that an article can be in more than one category. Because this article is associated with Greek Mythology, doesn't mean it can't be associated with other categories or projects.

206.9.209.111 (talk) 17:38, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * P.S. Tylerdmace, why was this deleted from the talk page? 206.9.209.111 (talk) 17:38, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * P.P.S. Just to be clear, I would be opposed to splitting the article.  206.53.193.200 (talk) 00:52, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Cocytus also mentioned in the Altus prayer
Cocytus is mentioned in the Altus Prosator as a whirlpool. From Saint Columba in Ireland(B.7 December 521 –D. 9 June 597) Dermot2014 (talk) 14:33, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

gerard de nerval
It's mentioned in Gerard de Nerval's "Anteros" too; "Ils m'ont plunge trois fois dans les eaux du Cocyte"92.27.239.73 (talk) 17:06, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Cocytus stream as an astronomical object
There seems to be an astronomical object called the Cocytus Stream. Perhaps interesting to add something about that astronomical object? DannyCaes (talk) 10:03, 31 March 2022 (UTC)