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River whose waters caused the souls of the dead to forget completely their life on Earth
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lethe
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In Greek mythology , Lethe ( Greek : , Lḗthē ; , ) was one of the five rivers of the underworld of Hades . Also known as the Ameles potamos (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the Underworld, where all those ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lethe \Le"the\ (l[=e]"th[-e]), n. [L., fr. Gr. lh`qh, prop., forgetfulness; akin to lanqa`nesqai to forget, lanqa`nein to escape notice.] (Class. Myth.) A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past. Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
river of Hades (whose water when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past), from Greek lethe , literally "forgetfulness, oblivion," related to lethargos "forgetful," lathre "secretly, by stealth," lathrios "stealthy," lanthanein "to be hidden." Cognate with ...
Usage examples of lethe.
Drew him from this trap of Lethe and the asphodels that looked so much like his lost home back into consciousness.
Our SS com input is too weak to reach Sheltok Fleet Security on Lethe or any of our Sagittarian units.
It's my contention that Euphonia paid a farm family to take Lethe and change her name to Lena Foote.
Under the Greek empire these castles were used as state prisons, under the tremendous name of Lethe, or towers of oblivion.
The thin scrap of moon hung in a gap of the mountains, like lemon rind in a tall dark drink of Lethe.
The River Lethe, a thin blue line running from the mountains west of the Great Bay, suddenly widened, and a new line of blue began to cut its way toward the Polar Depression, until the combined canal and river cut through the length of Terra Grande.
Dredge the canal deep enough to allow a flow into the upper reaches of the Lethe, takes steps to make sure the channel scoured itself deeper instead of silting over, and it would work.