Styx (disambiguation)

In Greek mythology the Styx is the river that forms the boundary between the underworld and the world of the living, as well as a goddess and a nymph that represents the river.

Styx may also refer to:

Astronomy

• Styx (moon), the second moon of Pluto and the fifth discovered

Popular culture

• Styx (band), an American rock band
  • Styx (album), the first album released by the band Styx in 1972
• Styx, a 2001 movie, starring Peter Weller
• Styx, a UK band involving Bruce Dickinson prior to Iron Maiden
• Styx, the villains of the Tunnels series
• "Styx Feet Under", episode 5 in Season 7 of the TV series Charmed
• Fire LEO-03 "Styx", a fictional starfighter from the videogame Thunder Force III
• "Styx", a song from Witchery's album Don't Fear the Reaper

Places

• Styx, Texas, an unincorporated community in Kaufman County
• Styx River, other geographical rivers named for the mythological one
• Styx Valley, the valley of the Styx River in Tasmania, Australia

Computing

• Styx (protocol), the network protocol at the heart of the Inferno operating system
• Styx (Windmill game), a 1983 computer game by Windmill Software.
• Styx (Spectrum video game), a 1983 computer game for the ZX Spectrum, released by Bug-Byte Software
• Styx: Master of Shadows, a 2014 computer game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, released by Cyanide Studio

Other uses

• STYX (gene) a protein tyrosine phosphatase
• Styx numbers or styx rules, a method of describing bonding in boranes
• SS-N-2 Styx, NATO reporting name for the Soviet P-15 Termit missile
• Styx, a monotypic genus of metalmark butterflies containing the species Styx infernalis in the family Lycaenidae

See also

• River Styx (disambiguation)
• Stye
• Sticks (disambiguation)