Lethe

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris.
  • The river which flows through Hades from which the souls of the dead drank so that they would forget their time on Earth.

Origin

  • From Latin Lēthē, from Ancient Greek Λήθη.

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