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In [[Greek]] [[mythology]], '''Cocytus''' was one of the [[river]]s of [[Hades]], the underworld. Cocytus was the most desolate area of Hades: its name means 'river of lamentation' or 'river of tears', and its banks were populated by the wandering souls of the unburied dead<ref>http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/PotamosKokytos.html</ref>.
In [[Dante's Inferno]], Cocytus is a frozen lake at the centre of the earth, which forms the ninth and lowest circle of [[Hell]]. [[Traitor]]s are punished by being frozen in the lake, and [[Satan]] himself is trapped at its centre, his constant tears freezing as they add to his icy dwelling-place.
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In [[Dante's Inferno]], Cocytus is a frozen lake at the centre of the earth, which forms the ninth and lowest circle of [[Hell]]. [[Traitor]]s are punished by being frozen in the lake, and [[Satan]] himself is trapped at its centre, his constant tears freezing as they add to his icy dwelling-place.
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