Styx (disambiguation)

"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.

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
* Styxx life-bonded twin brother to Acheron within the Dark-hunter world.

Chemistry

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

Geography

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

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

Military technology

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

Gaming

* Styx, a creature in the game Sacrifice.

Genealogy and history

* Styx or Stix is a surname and refers to origins in the Bohemian/Hungarian/Austria boundaries.

ee also

*Stix (disambiguation), similar word