The Acheron is a river in the region of Epirus and crosses the prefectures of Ioannina, Thesprotia and Preveza. The sources of Acheron are many. Its first sources come from the snows of Mount Tomaros in the Prefecture of Ioannina and its other sources come from the mountains of Souli and the mountains of Paramythia in Thesprotia. Important springs are also those of the village of Glyki in Thesprotia. The Acheron empties into the Ionian Sea, in the village of Ammoudia in Preveza, where it forms a delta, from which the two main marshes of the area are formed, the marshes of Splantza and Valanidorrachis.

Acheron, due to the Necromancy of Acheron, the ancient tradition and the environmental value, attracts thousands of visitors from its sources to its estuaries. Its length amounts to 52 kilometers, while its waters irrigate approximately 85,000 acres, of which 28,000 are in the Prefecture of Thesprotia and 57,000 in the Prefecture of Prevezi. The upper course of the river is also called “Mavropotamos”, while the lower part, passing through the plain of Fanario, is also called “Fanariotiko”. There is also the name Kamariotiko river. The river has been explored all over. Its last unexplored section was the Haradra of Acheron, 10 km long, which was crossed and photographed for the first time in its entirety, in June 1994 by a team from the EOS Preveza.

In Lake Acherusia, which no longer exists, in the river Acheron it was believed that there is one of the entrances to Hades (Gates of Hades). In ancient times, it was believed that Acheron is the river that, according to ancient Greek mythology, was crossed by the “soul carrier” Hermes, delivering the souls of the dead to Charon to end up in the kingdom of Hades. Each soul, crossing Charon’s ferry, had to give an obolus for the transport, while the case of Menippus, mentioned by Lucian, as the only one who crossed the Acheron without paying, is remarkable.

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