Styx (disambiguation)

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Styx may refer to:

• Styx (mythology), the river that forms the boundary between the Greek underworld and the world of the living, as well as a goddess and a nymph that represent the river

in chemistry:

• Styx numbers or styx rules, a method of describing bonding in boranes

in geography:

• Styx River (disambiguation), any of various geographical rivers named for the mythological one
• Styx forest, a forest in Tasmania, Australia
• Styx River State Forest, a forest in New South Wales, Australia

in popular culture:

• Styx (band), an American rock band
  • Styx (album), the first album released by the band Styx in 1972
• Styx (film), a 2001 movie, starring Peter Weller
• Styx (film), a 2004 movie, directed by Falk Chrysologus Ulbrich
• Styx, a UK band involving Bruce Dickinson prior to Iron Maiden
• River Styx Magazine, based in St Louis, Missouri and associated poetry-reading sessions

in computing:

• Styx (parser), a scanner and parser generator
• Styx (game), a 1983 computer game by Windmill Software.
• Styx (Spectrum game), a 1983 computer game for the ZX Spectrum, released by Bug-Byte Software.
• Styx (protocol), the network protocol at the heart of the Inferno operating system

in military technology:

• SS-N-2 Styx, NATO reporting name for the Soviet P-15 Termit missile

in gaming:

• Styx, a creature in the game Sacrifice.

in genealogy and history:

• Styx (surname), Styx is a surname and refers to origins in the Bohemian/Hungarian/Austria boundaries.