lethe

Speech parts

1. lethe - Noun

2. Lethe - Proper noun

Meaning

Death.

A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.

Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.

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Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you. Ovid

We are nothing less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before we have existence, and a name. Charles Lamb

After their choice the souls drank of Lethe and then shot away like stars to their birth. Source: Internet

Also known as the Ameles potamos (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the Underworld, where all those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness. Source: Internet

Similarly, those who wished to consult the oracle of Trophonius in Boeotia were made to drink alternately from two springs called "Lethe" and "Mnemosyne." Source: Internet

Ovid wrote that the river flowed through the cave of Hypnos, god of sleep, where its murmuring would induce drowsiness. citation The shades of the dead were required to drink the waters of the Lethe in order to forget their earthly life. Source: Internet

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