Acheron Cocytus and Phlegethon both flowed. The Roman poet Virgil called it the principal river of Tartarus, from which the Styx and Cocytus both sprang. The newly dead would be ferried across the Acheron by Charon in order to enter the Underworld. The Suda describes the river as "a place of healing, not a place of punishment, cleansing and purging the sins of humans". According to later traditions, Acheron had been a son of Helios and either Gaia or Demeter, who had been turned into the Underworld river bearing his name after he refreshed the Titans with drink during their contest
Statue of the Tiber river with Romulus and Remus Statue of the Tiber river with Romulus and Remus The Statue of the Tiber river with Romulus and Remus is a large statue of the ancient Rome exhibited at the Louvre museum (Paris, France). It is an allegory of the Tiber River that waters the city of Rome. The Tiber is depicted as a middle-aged man, bearded, and half lying, according to the patterns of typical representation of the gods-river. He holds the attributes signifying the benefits he lavishes to Rome: At the foot of the statue lies the she-wolf breastfeeding the twins Romulus and Remus, who had been abandoned