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River Lethe

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive.  Synonym: Lethe.






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"River Lethe" Quotes from Famous Books



... under his own vine and fig-tree." "It seems to me," said Cortlandt, "that no paradise or heaven described in anything but the Bible compares with this. According to Virgil's description, the joys on the banks of his river Lethe must have been most sad and dreary, the general idleness and monotony apparently being broken only by wrestling matches between the children, while the rest strolled about with laurel wreaths or rested in the shade. The pilot Palinurus, who had been drowned by falling overboard while asleep, ...
— A Journey in Other Worlds • J. J. Astor



Words linked to "River Lethe" :   infernal region, river, Hades, Scheol, netherworld, Greek mythology, underworld, hell



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