Editing Styx (section)

{{Short description|Goddess and river in Greek mythology}}
{{About|the goddess and river in Greek mythology|the rock band|Styx (band)|other uses|Styx (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek
| name = Styx
| god_of = Goddess and underworld river
| abode = [[Greek Underworld|Underworld]]
| member_of = The Oceanids
| parents = [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]]
| consort = [[Pallas (Titan)|Pallas]]
| children = [[Bia (mythology)|Bia]], [[Kratos (mythology)|Kratos]], [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]], [[Zelus]]
| image = Eleutherna relief achilles cropped.jpg
| siblings = [[Oceanids]], the [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river gods]]
| caption = ''Thetis dips Achilles in Styx'', 4th century relief, [[Museum of Ancient Eleutherna]]
}}
{{Greek underworld}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Styx''' ({{IPAc-en|'|s|t|ɪ|k|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Styx.wav}}; {{langx|grc|Στύξ}} {{IPA|grc|stýks|}}; lit. "Shuddering"<ref>West 2003, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/homeric_hymns_2_demeter/2003/pb_LCL496.53.xml p. 53 n. 11].</ref>), also called the '''River Styx''', is a goddess and one of the [[Greek underworld#Rivers|rivers of the Greek Underworld]]. Her parents were the [[Titans]] [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], and she was the wife of the Titan [[Pallas (Titan)|Pallas]] and the mother of [[Zelus]], [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]], [[Kratos (mythology)|Kratos]], and [[Bia (mythology)|Bia]]. She sided with [[Zeus]] in his war against the Titans, and because of this, to honor her, Zeus decreed that the solemn oaths of the gods be sworn by the water of Styx.<ref>Jost, [https://oxfordre-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/classics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-6108?rskey=8uhQ9j&result=1 s.v. Styx]; Antoni, [https://referenceworks-brillonline-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/styx-e1124740?s.num=0&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.brill-s-new-pauly&s.q=Styx s.v. Styx]; Grimal, s.v. Styx; Tripp, s.v. Styx; Parada, s.v. Styx; Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DS%3Aentry+group%3D28%3Aentry%3Dstyx-bio-1 s.v. Styx].</ref>